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What is Research?

Meaning 
  • The process of searching for “something”
  • It can be searching for the solution of a problem
  • It is a method of acquiring knowledge
  • Research is a combination of both experience and reasoning and must be regarded as the most successful approach to the discovery of truth
  •   Research generally follows objective, empirical and scientific method.
Definition of Research
  • Research is best conceived as the process of arriving at dependable solutions to problems through the planned and systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data. 
Result of Research
  •  It brings to light new knowledge or corrects previous errors or misconceptions and adds in an orderly way to the existing body of knowledge.
  • We try to know about the nature of phenomena by experience, reasoning and research
  • Reasoning- inductive, deductive or inducto-deductive approach
  •  Induction-  from observation to hypothesis ie., specific to general
  • Deduction- from hypothesis to their specific implication.
  • Inducto-deductive- first operates inductively from observation to hypothesis and then deductively from these hypothesis to their specific implication inorder to check their validity with accepted knowledge.
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