E.R Flashcards
Purpose of Research (15)
- To discover new facts about 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 discover previously unrecognized substances or elements.
- Discover pathways of action of known substances and elements.
- To order related, 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 find answers to queries by means of scientific methods.
- To acquire a better and deeper understanding about one phenomenon that can be known or understood better.
- To expand or verify existing knowledge.
- To improve educational practices for raising the quality of school products.
- To promote health and prolong life.
- To provide man with more of his basic needs.
- To make work, travel, and communication faster, easier, and more comfortable.
Characteristics of a Good Research (13)
Systematic
Controlled
Empirical
Analytical
Objective, unbiased, and logical
Employs hypothesis
Employs quantitative or statistical
methods
Original work
Done by an expert
Accurate investigation, observation and
description
Patient and unhurried activity
Requires an effort-making capacity
Requires courage
Kinds and classification of research according to PURPOSE.
Predictive or Prognostic
Direct Research
Illuminative Research
Determining the future operation of the variables under investigation with the aim of controlling or redirecting such for better
Predictive or Prognostic
Determines what should be done based on the findings. This is to remedy an unsatisfactory condition if there is any.
Directive Research
Concerned with the interaction of the components of the variable being investigated
Illuminative Research
Kinds of research according to GOAL.
Basic or Pure Research
Applied Research
It is done for the development of theories or principle.
Basic or Pure Research
Application of the results of the pure research. This is testing the efficacy of theories and principles.
Applied Research
Kinds or classification of research according to the LEVELS OF INVESTIGATION.
Exploratory Research
Descriptive Research
Experimental Research
The researcher studies the variables pertinent to a specific situation.
Exploratory Research
The researcher studies the relationships of the variables
Descriptive Research
It studies the effects of the variables on each other.
Experimental Research
Kinds/classification of research according to the TYPE OF ANALYSIS.
Analytic Approach
Holistic Approach
The researcher attempts to identify and isolate the components of the research situation.
Analytic Approach
It begins with the total situation, focusing attention on the system first and then on its internal relationships.
Holistic Approach
Kinds/classification of research according to SCOPE.
Action Research
It is done on a very limited scope to solve a particular problem which is not so big.
Action Research
Kinds/classification of research according to CHOICE OF ANSWER TO PROBLEMS.
Evaluation Research
Developmental Research