Essentials of good research & types of RESEARCH By: Sujeet Pandit

What is RESEARCH ?

going beyond personal experience, thoughts, feelings and opinion that do not refer to other source of information. some subjects require us to go beyond our personal knowledge and experience. research is undertaken to:

Explore an idea, Probe an issue, Solve a problem, Make an argument that compels us to turn to outside help

Essentials of good research

o o o o Systematic Logical Empirical Replicable

Mechanics of research report

Size & Design Procedure Layout Treatment of quotation The footnotes Documentation style Punctuation & observation in footnotes Use of statistics, chart & graphs The final drafts Bibliography

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the systematic and objective

location, evaluation and synthesis of evidence in order to establish facts and draw conclusions about past events. Involves: Where the events take place? Which people are involves? When the event occurred? What kind of human activity was involved?

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often

used together with historical research to compare peoples experience of different societies, either between situations. conducted a macro level (revaluation) or micro level (individual).

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instead of examining records or artifacts, descriptive research relies on observation as a means of collecting data. Depends on human observations and responses-distortions in data can occur in biased questions in interviews, questionnaires, selective observation of events.

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correlation is a word which describes the statistical measure of association or the relationships between two phenomena. Two types of studies: Relational studies: an exploratory form of study which investigates the possible relationships between phenomena. Prediction studies: carried out in research areas where correlations are already known-attempts to predict possible behaviour or events.

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researchers try isolate and control every relevant condition which determines the events investigated, so as to observe the effects when the conditions are manipulated.

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Descriptive type of research designed to deal with complex social issues.

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"Action research...aims to contribute

both to the practical concerns of people in an immediate problematic situation and to further the goals of social science simultaneously. Thus, there is a dual commitment in action research to study a system and concurrently to collaborate with members of the system in changing it in what is together regarded as a desirable direction.

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researchers are interested in how subjects of the research theories about their own behaviour rather than imposing a theory from outside.

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Feminist Method is a means of

conducting of scientific investigations and generating theory from an explicitly Feminist Standpoint. These common aims include seeking to overcome biases in research, bringing about social change, displaying human diversity, and acknowledging the position of the researcher.

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