Research islearning new things….
finding new things…..
Advancing your Knowledge….
Researchalways starts with an Idea
Research is Collecting Data or Collecting Information.
Research consists of:
•Asking a question that nobody has asked before.
•Doing the necessary work to find the answer; and
•Communicating the knowledge you have acquired to a larger audience.
Researchcomprises of creative work undertaken on a systematicbasis in order to increase the
stock of knowledge
Research is a systematic enquiry that investigates hypotheses, suggests new interpretations of data
or texts, and poses new questions for future research to explore.
Collecting Data
There are several forms of research:
scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, social, business, marketing, practitioner research, life, technological ,etc.
There are 2 types of Researches-
Qualitativeand Quantitative Research
QualitativeResearch –
•This type of Research is Hypothetical.
•Generally it can be carried out by answering Questions like What? Where? Why? When? How?
•It is also based on the facts by a similar research.
QuantitativeResearch –
•This type of Research is mathematically oriented by creating charts, statistics, percentages and theories.
RESEARCH
IDEA
QUESTION RESEARCH
METHOD
DATA
Information has to be collected
(Organized & summarized)
Starts with
a Idea
Formulate a
Question to
be studied
Systematic Recording of the Data and Organized Arrangement of the summarized
Information is DOCUMENTATION.
Process of Documentation:the process of providing details or information about
something
Documentation should aim to
collect/create
Information in the form of –
•Drawings
•Sketches
•Photographs
•Audio
•Video
•Graphic and
•Text documentation in a variety of
contexts.