Research Characteristics

• Research is a systematic and objective search for knowledge, employing methods like observations, experiments, and analysis (Walker, 2010)
• Research helps society to answer both WHAT and HOW questions
• 1. Empirical - based on observations and experiments of theories
• 2. Systematic - follows orderly and sequential procedures, based on valid procedures and principles
• 3. Controlled - in research, all variables, except those that are tested/experimented on, are kept constant
• 4. Employs hypothesis - refers to a search for facts, answers to questions and solutions to problems
• 5. Analytical - shows analytical procedures in gathering the data, whether historical, descriptive, and or case study
• 6. Objective - it is unbiased and logical; all findings are logically based on real-life situations
• 7. Original work - requires its own examination and produces the data needed to complete the study