“Careful study and investigation, especially in order to
discover new facts or information” (Oxford paperback dictionary, 3rd edition)
Examples of Everyday Research
- Finding out why the car will not start
- Finding out which local supplier has the best offers for home computers
Example of Formal Research:
- Attempting to discover the advantages and disadvantages of using various software testing methods on large scale software development projects.
- Research is a process of inquiry and investigation
- Research is a systematic and careful process
- Research increases knowledge
- Research means finding answers to the questions.
- It is a systematic search for truth.
- Through research, new and original information, ideas about the world we live in, are obtained.
- Research is search for knowledge
- Research is defined as a scientific and systematic search for information on a specific topic.
Different Levels of Research:
´ 1. Level one: research assistant Learn the drill
´ 2. Level two: homework like research Build up your confidence
´ 3. Level three: formulating your own problem and solve it
Exercise your creativity
´ 4. Level four: formulating problems for others to solve Realize
your vision
What is Good Research:
´ 1. Novelty (better if you were not able to publish it at
first)
´ 2. Simplicity (better if your adviser refused to grant you a
degree)
´ 3. Universality (better if others found it trivial at first
sight).
Warning Signs of Bogus Research:
´ 1. Prove by successful instances
´ 2. Results too complicated to reproduce
´ 3. Reinvent the wheel without proper acknowledgment
´ 4. Tackle ill-posed problems directly
Such results will NOT stand the test of time!
How does Doing Research Feel Like?
´ 1. An endless cycle between excitement and depression…
´ 2. An endless cycle between sense of success and failure…
´ 3. An endless cycle between over-confidence and self-doubt…
´ 4.Research needs faith in there are always interesting new
things for you to discover and by doing so you can make the world a better
place!
‘Six’ Phases of Research
´ 1. Problem definition and hypothesis formulation
´ 2. Literature review
´ 3. Selection of research design, subjects, and data
collection techniques
´ 4. Data gathering
´ 5. Data processing and analysis
´ 6. Implications, Conclusions, and Recommendations
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