RESEARCH METHOD PROCESS

The research process is start with the situation analysis and formulation of hypotheses selecting from among arious methods of research scope of the study! data collection! data analysis and suggestion " solution# $inally it ends in a research report# RESEARCH PROCESS $%O&'CHART Situation Analysis

$ormulation Of Hypotheses Significance Of Pro(lem Scope Of The Study Data Collection Data Processing Data Analysis Suggestion And Solutions Report writing )erification and predictions

Situation Analysis* a pro+ect process in ol es the following steps*

,# Recognition of a need ' to me it means that the functional re-uirements ha e (een clearly defined and stated.

/# 0enerate ideas on how to fulfill the need. 1# De elop ia(le concepts (ased on generated ideas. 2# Perform design (ased on the concepts. 3# 4mplement the design# And the pro(lem sol ing steps in the situation analysis are ,# Organi5e the 6nowledge a(out the system7situation. /# De elop a functional model of the system7situation. 1# Analy5e the model for pro(lem sol ing ideas

Research Hypotheses* $ormulation of hypotheses is the important step in

the process of formulating the research pro(lem# $ormulation of hypotheses plays an important role in the growth of the 6nowledge in the e ery field# $ormulation of research hypotheses* To formulate a research hypothesis we start with a research -uestion and* ,#
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generate operational definitions for all aria(les! and formulate a research hypothesis 6eeping in mind

E8pected relationships or differences Operational definitions

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Hypothesis can also (e classified in terms of how they were deri ed

4nducti e hypotheses ' a generali5ation (ased on o(ser ation

Deducti e hypotheses ' deri ed from theory

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A hypothesis can (e directional or non'directional#

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Hypotheses can also (e stated as research hypotheses 9as we ha e considered them so far: or as statistical hypotheses#

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The statistical hypotheses consist of the null hypothesis 9H;:! the hypothesis of no difference and the alternati e hypothesis 9H, or HA: which is similar in form to the research hypothesis#

Research hypotheses Significance of the pro(lem * The research should (e defined and pointing
out its core nature and its importance# The issue related to the pro(lem may also (e confirmed# This statement gi es direction to the research process

Scope of the study * A complete study of any pro(lem is well near non'
managea(le would in ol e an ast mountain of data therefore the scope and dimension of the study should (e encircled with reference to the tropical scope 9 %i6e (readth and depth! geographical area! period etc#: the purpose of this limit is to ma6e study managea(le in the terms of the researcher<s aim! interest etc#

Data collection * Data refers to a collection of organi5ed information!

usually the results of e8perience! o(ser ation or e8periment! or a set of

premises# This may consist of num(ers! words! or images! particularly as measurements or o(ser ations of a set of aria(les# $i e (asic steps are outlined (elow that will help determine what data to collect* ,# $ind out what happened! and (e as specific as possi(le# At what le el in the o erall system! product! or process was the e ent disco ered= /# Method of detection# 4nternally= E8ternally= 1# $ind out when the e ent happened# During testing= During production run= 2# $ind out if there is a similar e ent in historical records# 4f the answer is >yes!> it could sa e time (y eliminating some data collection# 3# $ind out if there ha e (een any recent changes# Chec6 endor materials! test conditions! etc# How will data (e collected and reported Data may (e collected (y either manual or automatic means# Most test results or o(ser ations are recorded manually on forms customi5ed to collect specific information then input into a computer data(ase# Data is sometimes ta6en automatically through the use of electronic de ices that send information directly to a data(ase# The automatic data information gathering techni-ue is usually desira(le where continuous monitoring is necessary# There are no standards for how to record or store data# &hen data is input into a computer! manually or automatically! (oth retrie al and use (ecome o( iously (etter# There are many software pac6ages on the mar6et that can (e readily tailored to fit specific needs#

Data processing *

Data processing refers to a class of programs that organi5e and manipulate data! usually large amounts of numeric data# Accounting programs are the prototypical e8amples of data processing applications# 4n contrast! word processors! which manipulate te8t rather than num(ers! are not usually referred to as data processing applications#

Data analysis* Data analysis is the process of loo6ing at and summari5ing

data with the intent to e8tract useful information and de elop conclusions# Data analysis is closely related to Data mining! (ut data mining tends to focus on larger data sets! with less emphasis on ma6ing inference! and often uses data that was originally collected for a different purpose# Some people di ide data analysis into e8ploratory data analysis and confirmatory data analysis! where the EDA focuses on disco ering new features in the data! and CDA on confirming or falsifying e8isting hypotheses# Data analysis assumes different aspects! and possi(ly different names! in different fields#