Pr1

• Research


  A systematic investigation designed to extend the knowledge of what is already known of the physical, biological, or social world
• Research


  A truth-seeking activity which contributes to knowledge, aimed at describing or explaining the world, conducted and governed by those with a high level of proficiency or expertise
• Research pertains to any systematic social or natural phenomena where results and conclusions are aimed at contributing to generalizable knowledge
• Research is truth-seeking
• Research describes and explains
• Research is conducted and governed by those who have the requisite proficiency or expertise
• Research is not a catchword used to get attention
• Research is not mere transportation of facts from one location to another
• Research is not merely rummaging for information
• Research is not mere information gathering
• Research usually divides the principal problem into more manageable sub-problems
• Research originates with a question or problem
• Research requires a specific plan for proceeding
• Research requires clear articulation of a goal
• Research is guided by the specific research problem, question, or hypothesis
• Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the problem that initiated the research
• Research accepts certain critical assumptions
• Research is, by its nature, cyclical or, more exactly, helical
• Research starts with questions
• Questions in research must be answered using scientifically proven methods
• Research


  A scientific inquiry
• Research answers questions
• Research


  • Drives to answer questions
  • Follows procedure
  • Critically evaluated and assessed
  • Driven by meticulous adherence to research conduct protocol
• Research is a protocol
• Research


  • Driven to answer questions
  • Follows procedure
  • Critically evaluated and assessed to ensure that no data, questions or answer is compromised
  • Driven by meticulous adherence to research conduct protocol
• The focus of research is on the results
• Research is results-centered
• The derivation of research findings is focused on the results
• The questions and procedure are just half of the research
• The result is the conclusion of a scientific inquiry
• Empirical research


  Research based on observation and involves our five senses
• Empirical research is evidence-based and can be proven
• Validity measures what it intends to measure
• Research is logical because it can be validated
• Allows future researchers to improve the existing research
• It begins with a problem, it ends with a problem
• Cyclical Allows future researchers to improve the existing research
• It begins with a problem, it ends with a problem
• Research uses proven analytical procedures
• Analytical


  Breaking down information or a problem into smaller parts to understand and solve it