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The major characteristics of scientific approach:
- Being objective
- Thinking in terms of alternatives
- Determinism
….. is a careful investigation for new facts in any branch of knowledge.
Research
Stages of research:
- Defining problems
- Formulating hypothesis
- Collecting, organizing and evaluating data
- Making deductions and reaching conclusions
- Testing the conclusions
Choose a subject based on …
- an idea
- your experience
- your reading
- originality
The important features of a research design:
- A plan
- A strategy
- The time and budgets
Characteristics of research:
- Systematic
- Logical
- Empricial
….. consists of necessary cause, sufficient cause, contributory cause. (Also called causal relations)
Multiple causation
….. is a necesary, indispensable factor for an event to occur.
Necessary cause
….. is a kind of factor which is not the primary cause but sufficient to bring an event into existence.
Sufficient cause
….. is a kind of factor which is neither indispensable nor sufficient to bring an event to existence but it has a contributory effect upon the event.
Contributory cause
….. tells us that nothing changes by itself, everything is part of a system and any change in one part will cause a change in the other.
Determinism
The main activity of scientific research is …
… to find out relationships between variables.
Circular process of science:
- Induction
- Deduction
- Verification
Functions of scientific research:
- to explore
- to describe
- to explain
- to predict
- to control
….. is the study of search of knowledge.
Pure research
….. is the study of finding solution to a problem.
Applied research
….. is preliminary study of an unfamiliar problem about which the researcher has little or no knowledge.
Exploratory research
….. is a fact-finding investigation with adequate interpretation. It is the simplest type of research.
Descriptive research
….. is a systematic and scientific approach to research which is commonly used in sociology, psychology, physics etc.
Experimental research
….. is one of the most important areas of measurement in applied social research.
Survey research
….. is based on an in-depth investigation of a single individual, group or event to explore causation in order to find underlying principles.
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