Research

Research is any formal or informal process that is undertaken to fill a gap in knowledge, build on existing knowledge, or create new knowledge.

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Research is the process of posing a research problem, gathering information,determining relationships and writing up a paper.

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Research is important in any discipline because it

identifies problems, compares solutions, and offers

better options. The Information Age requires everyone

to be researchers and problem solvers.

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It is generally required for a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree. It mainly presents theories and principles supporting an argument or proposal, and it develops from a proposition or argument.

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It is used in the academe and in industries in order to pose immediate solutions to pressing problems. It presents a detailed account of problems met and the implementation of a solution.

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It is generally required for a doctorate degree. It bridges theory and practice, and it is focused on the effectivity of the implementation of a proposal in an actual setting.

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It is a work of original research that presents a specific thesis and is presented to a group of interested peers, usually in academic setting.

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It is shorter than books and written about very specific topics, and it is a written work that focuses on research, which is often scholarly and peer-reviewed.

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● concerned with understanding human behavior from the respondent’s perspective

● deals with words and meanings

● sample size is small

● uses open-ended questions

● collection of data is done through interviews, FGS, observations, etc.

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● concerned with discovering facts about social phenomena

● deals with numbers and statistics

● The sample size is huge

● uses close multiple-choice questions

● collection of data is done through surveys, experiments, etc.

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