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Research in common parlance refers to a search for knowledge. It is a scientific and systematic search for pertinentinformation on a specific topic. In fact, research is an art of scientific investigation.
Some people consider research as a movement, a movement from the known to the unknown. It is actually a voyage of discovery. We all possess the vital instinct of inquisitiveness for, when the unknown confronts us, we wonder and Types of Research The basic types of research are as follows: 1. Descriptive research is a fact finding investigation which is aimed at describing the characteristics of individual, situation or a group, describing the state of affairs as it exists at present. The researcher studies the relationships of the variables.The main characteristic of this method is that the researcher has no control over the variables; he can only report what has happened or what is happening. Usually it forms preliminary study of a research project. It provides background information about an event in question. In short descriptive research deals with everything that can be counted and studied, which has an impact of the lives of the people it deals with. Descriptive research, also known as statistical research. For example, A student of Management pursue a research on customer about a product or service. The advantages of this type of research is, it is less expensive and time consuming. The main disadvantage is 2. Analytical research is preliminary concerned with testing hypothesis and specifying and interpreting relationships, by analyzing the facts or information already available. Researcher use facts or information already available, and analyze these to make a critical evaluation of the material. As for example: Research on a company’s financial performance over long time. 3. Research can either be applied (or action) research or fundamental (basic or pure) research. Applied research aims at finding a solution for an immediate problem facing a society or an industrial/business organization, Research to identify social, economic or political trends that may affect a particular institution is the example of applied research. 4. Fundamental research also known as basic or pure research is undertaken for the sake of knowledge without any intention to apply it in practice. It is undertaken out of intellectual curiosity and is not necessarily problem oriented. It is done for the development of theories and principles. 5. Quantitative research refers to the systematic investigation of any phenomena via statistical, mathematical or computational techniques. It is based on the measurement of quantity or amount. It is applicable to phenomena that can be expressed in terms of quantity. The objective of quantitative research is to develop and employ mathematical models, theories and/or hypotheses pertaining to phenomena. Statistical analysis is used in it. Thus it’s another name is statistical research 6. Qualitative Qualitative research is concerned with qualitative phenomenon, Character, 7. Conceptual research is that related to some abstract idea(s) or 8. Empirical research is a data based research relies on experience The 9. Experimental research is an objective, systematic, controlled In such a research, the researcher must first provide himself with Experimental research is commonly used in sciences such as 10. It is the preliminary study of an It is aimed to gain familiarity with the 11. It is the study of past records and other The historical method of research applies 12. The 13. It is also called
clinical research which E.g. researches done by doctors on a Who Defined research is a systematic controlled empirical and critical investigation of hypothetical?Kerlinger (1873): Research is a systematic controlled, empirical and critical investigation of hypothetical propositions about the presumed relations among natural phenomena. According to Payton (1979): Research is the process of looking for a specific question in an organized, objective, reliable way.
What is the systematic controlled empirical and critical exploration of hypothetical claims concerning natural phenomenon's putative relationships?According to Kerlinger, “Research is a systematic, controlled, empirical and critical investigation of hypothetical proposition about the presumed relations among natural phenomena.”
What is meant by a systematic controlled empirical?Empirical - based on observations and experimentation. Systematic - follows orderly and sequential procedure. Controlled - all variables except those that are tested/experimented upon are kept constant.
What is kerlinger?Kerlinger (1979) defines objectivity as agreement among knowledgeable judges of what is observed and what is done and asserts that the main condition of objectivity “is ideally, that any observers with minimum competence will agree on their observations” (p. 9).
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