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CONCEPTS AND IMPORTANCEOF
RESEARCH
RESEARCH
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RESEARCH
Research and experimental developmentis formal work undertaken systematically to
increase the stock of knowledge, includingknowledge of humanity, culture and society,and the use of this stock of knowledge todevise new applications
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According to Goddard & Melv i l le (2004),
answering unanswered questions or exploringwhich currently not exist i s a research . theadvanced learners dictionary of currentEnglish lays down the meaning of research asa careful investigation or inquiry especially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge. Redmen & Mory (2009), defineresearch as a systematized effort to gain newknowledge.
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Importance OF RESEARCH
To discover new facts.
To verify and test important facts
To analyze an event or process or phenomenon to
Identify the cause and effect relationship To develop new scientific tools, concepts and
theories to solve and understand scientific and non-scientific problems
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Contd.
To find solutions to scientific, non-scientific andsocial problems
To overcome or solve the problems occurring in our
every day life.
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Importance of Research
Research is important both in scientific and non-scientific fields. In our life new problems, events,phenomena and processes occur every day.Practically implementable solutions and suggestionsare required for tackling new problems that arise.Scientists have to undertake research on them andfind their causes, solutions,
explanations and applications. Precisely, researchassists us to understand nature and naturalphenomena.
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Some important avenues for research are:
(1) A research problem refers to a difficulty which a researcher ora scientific community or an industry or
a government organization or a society experiences.It may be a theoretical or a practical situation. It
calls for a thorough understanding and possible solution.
(2) Research on existing theories and concepts help us
identify the range and applications of them.
(3) It is the fountain of knowledge and provide guidelines forsolving problems.
(4) Research provides basis for many government policies. Forexample, research on the needs and desires
of the people and on the availability of revenues tomeet the needs helps a government to prepare a
budget.
(5) It is important in industry and business for higher
gain and productivity and to improve the quality of products.
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CONCEPTS OF RESEARCH
SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
The process of creating knowledge using empiricalobservations and logical analysis according to the
conventions of the scientific community. Thescientific method includes at least 5 stages:
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The scientific method includes at least 5 stages:
Observe or have a question about some aspect of theworld.
Propose a tentative statement, called a hypothesis, that isconsistent with your observation or question.
Make predictions based on the logical implications of thehypothesis.
Test those predictions with further observations andanalysis and modify the hypothesis in the light of your
results. Repeat steps 3 and 4 until there are no unsatisfactory
discrepancies between hypothesis and observation.
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THEORY
A set of logically consistent ideas aboutthe relationships between empirical phenomena(i.e., concepts) that permits those ideas to be testedusing observations.
HYPOTHESISA conditional statement that is logicallyconsistent with a theory and can be testedwith observations.
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OBSERVATION
The process of gathering empirical data to
analyze toward the goal of testinghypotheses.
EMPIRICAL GENERALIZATIONThe process of making claims based onempirical data observed in a particular
context about the relationships betweenconcepts in a broader set of contexts.
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THEORY BUILDING:The process of contributing and reconciling astudy's findings on a particular subject to the
accumulated understandings of that subject inscientific scholarship.
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References
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http://faculty.vassar.edu/lenevare/2013/soci254/co
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