RESEARCH PT2

• 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 a process of posing a research problem, gathering information, determining relationships, and writing the paper
• Research is done for the purpose of solving a problem or adding to the body of knowledge
• 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 behavior of people, providing possible solutions to problems
• Research helps in gaining new ideas, skills, and perspectives about life, advancing to a more challenging world of learning
• The purposes of research include discovering new facts, 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 is empirical, analytical, systematic, cyclical, original, comprehensive, objective, rigorous, critical, and verifiable
• The research process involves writing a problem statement, defining the topic, developing a research strategy, and making an outline
• 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
• RESEARCH PROCESS:

  Define your topic - careful and wise decision in choosing a topic is a must
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  Write your problem statement - this statement describes what is to be tested during the entire research process or the general problem or question that the research aims to answer
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  Make an outline - the outline serves as the first draft of your paper. it has to be logically organize as it will serve as a guide for the research
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  Evaluate your sources - consider the:

  authority (author and publisher)

  currency (date of publication)

  purpose (intention of the author; of the material
• RESEARCH PROCESS:

  Write and revise your paper - check the contents of your paper. make sure that the contents are in line with your chosen topic and problem statement
• RESEARCH PROCESS:

  Document your sources - prove the credibility of the study by showing whether the data or information are taken from another resource or from the author himself or herself
• A process is a set of steps that are followed to convert an input into an output
• A procedure is a term used in a variety of industries to document a series of steps in a process
• Ethics - norms and conducts that distinguish between acceptable and unacceptable behavior
• Research Ethics - establishes the moral integrity of the researchers, crucial in ensuring that the research findings are valid and trustworthy
• Honesty - strive in all scientific communications

  - Honesty report data, results, methods, and procedures and publication status

  - Do not fabricate, falsify, and misrepresent data
• Objectivity - strive to avoid bias in experimental design; avoid or minimize bias or self-deception
• Integrity - keep your promises and agreements; act with sincerity; strive for consistency of thought and action
• Carefulness - carefully and critically examine your own work; keep good records of research activities
• Openness - share data; be open to criticism and new ideas
• Respect for intellectual property - do not use unpublished data; give proper acknowledgement for all contributors to research; never plagiarize
• Confidentiality - proper confidential communications and personal information of your respondents, if any
• Social responsibility - strive to promote social good through research education and advocacy
• Competence - maintain and improve your own professional competence and expertise through lifelong education and learning
• Legality - knows and obey relevant laws and institutional and governmental policies
• Animal care - show proper respect and care for animals when using them in research. do not conduct unnecessary or poorly designed animal experiments
• Human subjects protection - minimize harms and risks and maximize benefits; strive to distribute the benefits and burdens of research fairly