practical research

• Ethnography is a qualitative research method that involves immersing oneself in a particular culture or social group to understand their behaviors, beliefs, and values.
• Research is systematic inquiry designed to collect, analyze, and interpret data to understand, describe, or predict phenomena.
• Research is carried out for a specific purpose to answer specific questions to solve particular problems or issues.
• Research seeks new knowledge and provides useful information in the form of verifiable data.
• Research is derived from the words search (again) and explain.
• The importance of research is to develop critical thinking skills, understand situations, explain series of observations, expand our knowledge, and improve certain processes.
• Accuracy in research means that the data collected, analyzed, and interpreted must be correct or accurate, and the footnotes, notes, and bibliographical entries should be honestly and appropriately documented or acknowledged.
• Qualitative research is used to understand experiences, explore perspectives, and generate insights.
• Quantitative research is used to gather data, test hypotheses, and draw conclusions.
• Participants in an interview can give many insights on what you need in your research.
• Qualitative research has more participants, shorter contact time with respondents, uses open-ended questions, and involves exploring, interpreting, and understanding.
• Respondents in a survey only respond to the questions in the survey, their answers are limited.
• Quantitative research has fewer participants but more respondents, experiences more opinions and perceptions, and requires a longer contact time with participants.
• Objectiveness in research means that it deals with facts and not with mere opinions, arising from assumptions, generalizations, predictions or conclusions.
• Timeliness in research means that it works on a topic that is fresh, new, and interesting to the present society.
• Relevance in research means that its topic must be instrumental in improving society or in solving problems affecting the lives of people in a community.
• Clarity in research means that it succeeds in expressing its central point or discoveries by using simple, direct, and correct knowledge.
• Systematic in research means that it takes place in an organized or orderly manner.
• Types of data dealt with in research include Primary Data which is obtained through direct observation or contact with people, objects, artifacts, paintings etc., and Secondary Data which have already been written about or reported on and are available for reading purposes.
• Types of research based on purpose of research include Descriptive Research which aims at defining or giving a verbal portrayal or picture of a person, thing, event, group situation or etc., Correlational Research which shows relationships or connectedness of two factors, circumstances or agents call variables that affect your research, Explanatory Research which elaborates or explains the reason behind the relationship of two factors and the ways by which such relationships exist, and Exploratory Research which aims to find out how reasonable or possible it is to conduct a research study on
• The purpose of research is to learn how to work independently, scientifically or systematically, have in-depth knowledge of something, elevate mental abilities by thinking in higher order thinking skills of inferring, evaluating, synthesizing, appreciating, applying and creating, improve reading and writing skills, be familiar with the basic tools of research and the various techniques of gathering data and of presenting research findings, and free yourself, to a certain extent, from the domination or strong influence of a single textbook or of the professor’s lone viewpoint or spoon feeding.
• Types of research based on the application of research method include Pure Research which deals with concepts, principles or abstract things, aiming to increase knowledge about something, and Applied Research which aims to apply chosen research to societal problems or issues, finding ways to make positive changes in society.
• Types of research based on types of data needed include Qualitative Research which requires non-numerical data, presenting research findings about people’s thoughts, beliefs, feelings, views and lifestyles, and Quantitative Research which involves measurement of data, presenting research findings referring to the number or frequency of something in numerical forms.