Research Methodology Introduction Outline

The systematic process of collecting and analyzing information (data) in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are concerned or interested.

Research isn’t information gathering or the transportation of facts.

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<p>Research requires collection and interpretation of data.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are concerned or interested.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>The scientific method of problem solving is a research model.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Develop the problem (define and delimit it)</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Maximize internal and external validity</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Desire to get a research degree along with its consequential benefits, desire to face the challenge in solving the unsolved problems, desire to get intellectual joy of doing some creative work, desire to be of service to society, desire to get respectability</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Select a topic, decide objectives, make a plan, develop work structure, perform literature search, gather &amp; analyse data, produce estimates, plan resources, write up, create Gantt chart</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To provide a document for others to reproduce results</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>To prove/disprove the hypothesis</p> Signup and view all the answers