Mid-Terms [PR 1]

• Qualitative research focuses on asking the participant's experiences, behaviors and opinions.
• Quantitative Research involves research that collects and analyzes numerical/statistical data.
• Characteristics of Research includes Realist, Logical, Cyclical, Analytical, Objective, Critical and Replicable.
• Qualitative research is simply exploratory research.
• Qualitative research is used to gain an understanding of underlying reasons, opinions, and motivations.
• Qualitative research provides insights into the problem; helps to develop ideas or hypotheses.
• Quantitative research is used to quantify the problems by way of generating numerical data.
• The origin of the word "research" is a combination of words: "re" [prefix for "again"] + search [to look for something].
• Research basically means "to look for something again."
• Research is a systematic and organized process of collecting, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to find answers to people's queries.
• Verification of Existing Knowledge


  Proving the authenticity of existing theories. This leads to create new ideas, strengthens a current knowledge, or disproving a theory.
• Acquisition of New Knowledge


  Research brings on new ideas regarding a theory, or even make your new own theory.
• Enumerate the aims of research.

  • Verification of Existing Knowledge
  • Acquisition of New Knowledge
  • Application of New Knowledge
  • Advancement of Researcher's Expertise
• Advancement of Researcher's Expertise

  The researcher gains more knowledge as he/she conduct more studies. He/She becomes an 'experts' on a particular field that he is studying in.
• Exploration


  It seeks to find more information and a broader perspective to what is currently known; Also known as Exploratory Investigation.
• Description


  It gives additional information on newly discovered ideas that are results of exploration; Also known as descriptive research.
• Give the three functions of research

  • Exploratory Research
  • Descriptive Research
  • Explanation Research
• Realistic


  A realistic undertaking that must result to empirical data.
• Empirical data are those derived from actual observations of a phenomenon, interviews of people who witness incidents, analysis of first-hand document sources, excavation of artifacts and other actions that yield valid evidences of one's investigation.