Module 1

• Research is an organized investigation and study of materials and sources to create facts and reach new inferences.
• Research is a verified approach of thinking and employing legalized instruments and steps to obtain a more adequate solution to a problem that is otherwise impossible to address under ordinary means (Crawford, as cited by Alcantara & Espina, 1995)
• Basic Research is the type of research that is a purely direct application but increasing the nature of understanding about the problem. It develops the scientific theories to be more understandable to the readers.
• Applied Research is a type of research that needs an answer to a specific question. It provides solutions and validation in order to apply to the real setting.
• EMPIRICAL - is based on observations and experiments of theories.
• SYSTEMATIC - follows orderly and sequential procedures, based on valid procedures and principles.
• CONTROLLED - In research, all variables, except those that are tested/ experimented on, are kept constant.
• EMPLOYS HYPOTHESIS - refers to a search for facts, answers to questions and solutions to problems
• ANALYTICAL - shows analytical procedures in gathering the data, whether historical, descriptive, and or case study.
• OBJECTIVE - it is unbiased and logical. All findings are logically based on real-life situations.
• ORIGINAL WORK - it requires its own examination and produces the data needed to complete the study.
• QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH - is a positivist scientific method which refers to a general set of orderly discipline procedures to acquire information (Beck, 2004). Mostly, it is concerned with numbers and measurement.
• QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - is defined as the “naturalistic method of research which deals with the concern of human difficulty by discovering it straightly.” (Beck, 2004) It is concerned with the experiences, understanding and words of the individual.