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THE NATURE OF

RESEARCH (An

Overview)

DICKSON P. PAGENTE, LPT, PhD Associate Professor V | Research Director College Department, SAIT

What is Research?

• (^) A key to progress.
• (^) A careful and diligent inquiry into a subject for the purpose of discovering something and present this discovery to the readers.
• (^) A careful, critical, disciplined inquiry, varying in technique and method according to the nature and conditions of the problem identified, directed to the clarification or resolution (or both) of a problem (Good, p. 464).
• (^) The systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic or problem. After the researcher has analyzed and interpreted this information, he will then prepare a research report on it (Aquino, p.1).

Purposes of Research

• (^) To discover new facts about the known phenomena.
• (^) To find answers to problems which are only partially solved by existing methods and information.
• (^) Improve existing techniques and develop new instruments or products.
• (^) To contribute to the body of knowledge and valid generalizations into systematized science.
• (^) To provide basis for decision-making in business, industry, education, government, and in other undertakings.
• (^) To satisfy the researcher’s curiosity.
• (^) To expand or verify existing knowledge.

Research & Problem-solving

• (^) In research, there may not be a problem, only interest in

answering a question. In problem solving, there is always

a problem to be solved.

• (^) All research is intended to solve some kind of problem,

but this is not the primary aim. Whereas, problem-solving

does not always involved research.

• (^) Research is conducted not primarily to solve a problem

but to make a contribution to general knowledge.

• (^) Problem-solving is always intended to solve a problem.

Tools Used in Data Collection & Quantification For quantitative studies: DATA TO BE COLLECTED TOOL TO BE USED WAY OF MEASUREMENT OR QUANTIFICATION Perception, Attitude, Beliefs Perception Questionnaire, Interview Rating Scale Level of Knowledge or Understanding Test, Quiz, Exam The score itself Skills Proficiency, Performance Rubrics, Checklist, Evaluation Tool Rating Scale Beauty (in beauty pageants) Criteria for Judging The score itself

Tools Used in Data Collection & Quantification For qualitative studies: DATA TO BE COLLECTED TOOL TO BE USED WAY OF MEASUREMENT OR QUANTIFICATION Perception, Attitude, Beliefs, Experience, Perception Questionnaire with open-ended questions, Interview with open-ended questions No Rating Scale Phenomenon, Behaviour Interview, Observation, Document Review No Rating Scale Public Records, Textbooks, Letters, Films, Tapes, Diaries, Themes, Reports, and other Documents The tools used here are not data collection tools since the data itself are the subject for the study. The tools used here are for the analysis of data like theories and other parameters used to analyse these materials. No Rating Scale