Research

• Research is a systematic inquiry designed to collect, analyze, and interpret data to understand, describe, and predict phenomena
• Research is a formal and disciplined application of scientific inquiry to the study of problems
• Research is done for the purpose of solving a problem or adding to the body of knowledge
• Research is a process of posing a research problem, gathering information, determining relationships, and writing the paper
• The results of research are used as a springboard in conducting more researches and planning new projects
• Major breakthroughs in communication, transportation, medicine, entertainment, and food and nutrition are possible because of research
• Research helps understand the current society and the behavior of people, providing possible solutions to problems
• Research helps in gaining new ideas, skills, and perspectives about life, advancing to a more challenging and exciting world of learning
• The purposes of research include discovering new facts about phenomena, finding answers to problems, queries, and previously unrecognized substances and elements
• Research helps in improving educational practices, promoting health, prolonging life, and making work, communication, and travel faster, easier, and more comfortable
• Good research helps a person become a good critical and creative thinker, decision-maker, problem solver, and contributor of knowledge
• The research process involves writing a problem statement, defining the topic, developing a research strategy, and making an outline
• Characteristics of good research include being empirical, analytical, systematic, cyclical, original, comprehensive, objective, rigorous, critical, valid, and verifiable
• Evaluating sources, documenting sources, and writing and revising the paper are essential steps in the research process
• Research ethics involve norms and conducts that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior
• Ethical principles in research include honesty, objectivity, integrity, carefulness, openness, respect for intellectual property, confidentiality, social responsibility, competence, legality, animal care, and human subjects protection
• Nature of research includes:

  • Inquiry
  • Experiment
  • Investigation
  • Knowledge
  • Information
  • Data
  • Problem
  • Solution
  • Answer
  • Analysis
  • Interpret
  • Objective
  • Product Development
• Research means searching for knowledge
• recherche means to investigate thoroughly; survey
• Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary is a careful study that is done to find and report new knowledge
• Research is a systematic inquiry that is designed to collect, analyze, and interpret data to understand, describe, and predict phenomena (Mertens, 2015)
• Research is a formal and disciplined application of scientific inquiry to the study of problems (Navarro and Santos, 2011)
• Research is a process of posing a research problem, gathering information, determining relationships and writing the paper (Plata et al., 2011)
• Research is done for the purpose of solving a problem or adding to the body of knowledge
• Gather relevant information means the result are used as a springboard in conducting more researches and forming new projects
• Improve quality of life is the major breakthroughs in all fields are all possible because of research
• Understanding history helps understanding the current society and the behavior of people
• Personal and professional development helps in gaining new ideas, skills, and perspectives about life in general. also advances to a more challenging and exciting world of learning
• Good decision maker is you are basing solely on facts and information on your investigation
• Good critical and creative thinker is you are weighing challenges and pose possible solutions
• Good problem solver is one of the practical and personal benefits of research
• Good contributor of knowledge is producing a research that contributes additional informations to the existing body of knowledge
• Empirical - facts and data; real life experiences and observations (the evidences)
• Analytical - analysis and interpretation are required before arriving at conclusion
• Systematic - it follows a certain method or procedure; step-by-step process
• Cyclical - begins with a problem, ends with a resolution to complete a cycle; every step in the research is vital
• Original - product of novel ideas
• Comprehensive - examine and analyze all its aspects or angles before making a generalization
• Objective - not based on guesswork, instead it is logically based on empirical data or from your investigation and evidences
• Rigorous - procedures should be relevant, appropriate, justified, and strictly observed