Advanced Research Methodology Session-1.pptx

Scientific Research is a serious inquiry or examination; an investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws.

1. Advanced Research Methodology   By Gebre Miruts (Ph.D.)

2. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

3. At the end of this unit, you will be able to: Explain the meaning and objectives of research Discuss characteristics of scientific research Describe the criteria of Good Research Distinguish between inductive and deductive research types Unit Objectives

4. In this Unit we will deal with the following contents: Meaning and objectives of Scientific Research Characteristics of Scientific Research Criteria of Good Research Types of research and research Approaches/designs Basic contents

5. How Can You Define Research and Scientific Research? Why Do We Need To Conduct Scientific Research?

6. 1. Research Is Again Find, examine, Test, probe etc Therefore, the word research describes a careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to establish facts or principles. Re Search

7. Con’t … Research can be also defined as an original investigation undertaken in order to gain knowledge and understanding. It is diligent and systematic inquiry or investigation into a subject in order to discover facts or principles . The UK Market Research Society also defines research as the application of scientific research methods to obtain objective information on people’s attitude and behavior based usually on representative sample of the relevant populations.

8. Research is About Answering the 5Wh Questions

9. Definition of Scientific Research Scientific Research is a serious inquiry or examination; an investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery and interpretation of facts, revision of accepted theories or laws in the light of new facts, or practical application of such new or revised theories or laws. Scientific Research focusing on solving problems and pursues a step by step logical, organized and rigorous method to identify the problems, gather data, analyze them and draw valid conclusions there from.

10. Advanced Research Methodology is therefore, a systematic way of solving the research problem through a designed conceptual structure within which research is conducted. The design is a blue print and an outline of what the researcher will do from writing the hypothesis/questions to its operational implication and the final analysis of data.

11. A Successful Scientific Research Requires: Creativity Open mind Curiosity Patience Persistence Positive Attitude Discipline and focus Scientific research therefore relies on application of: Scientific method Harnessing of curiosity Providing scientific information and theories Making practical applications possible

12. 2. Objectives of Research The objectives of research work are to: gain familiarity with a phenomenon or achieve new insights into it describe the characteristics of a particular individual, situation or group determine the frequency with which something occurs or with which it is associated with something else test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables predict the future effects of a phenomenon or action

13. 3. Characteristics of Scientific Research Generally scientific research has the following characteristics: It is Empirical It Relies Upon Data It is Intellectual and Visionary It Uses Experiments to Test Predictions It is systematic and methodical

14. 4. Criteria of Good Research Good research is: Systematic : Structured, follows specified steps; based on well defined set of rules. Creative but no guessing and intuition in arriving at conclusions. Logical : Is guided by the rules of logical reasoning - induction and deduction. Empirical: Related basically to one or more aspects of a real situation and deals with concrete data to ensure external validity of research results. Replicable : Can be verified by replicating the study

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