Week 1-Nature Of Inquiry Flashcards
This give students an opportunity to gain a
deeper knowledge of research techniques and processes, apply
classroom learning in real-world contexts, explore academic
literature, and form meaningful relationships with faculty
members and professional researchers (Padmaja, et. al., 2015).
Research experience
It examines the personal side of research and how the
researcher manages the research difficulties. Furthermore, it
was explained that personal elements in research can take
many forms, ranging widely in their origin and nature, from guilt
and fear, to delight and euphoria, and all the feelings in
between! Submission dates and deadlines including personal
pressures to complete the research usually affect the research
itself
Emotional Aspect of Research
The research _____ is commonly based on the researcher’s
background and interests. As a researcher, you usually choose
a research theme that is close to your heart, belief or wellbeing. Hence, it is unavoidable that along the process of
research you make certain sacrifices on your personal life. The
research that you take in becomes a personal importance. Your
involvement in research is a flattering feeling of being an expert
or an authority on a particular issue.
Subject
Researcher’s Involvement
This is compared to a journey by the researcher; it is a
process that demands planning, forethought, commitment and
persistence. And like any journey, it needs to be managed,
navigated, and negotiated from early conception to final
destination. In other words, there is an excitement in the quest
of something new. It can be painstaking at first, but definitely
rewarding in the end.
Research
Research Adventure
This leads to knowledge and insights, which are sources
of competitive advantage (Augustin & Coleman, 2012).
Research enthusiasts start as critical readers of research
projects. Then, they develop their knowledge by realizing the
usefulness of those research outputs by employing the
systematic process of research.
Research
Research Knowledge
This is an orderly process of inquiry that involves
purposeful and systematic analysis and interpretation of data
(units of information) to gain new knowledge or to verify already
existing knowledge.
Research
This has the ultimate goal of
developing an organized body of scientific knowledge
Research
This has been defined as a careful, critical, disciplined inquiry, varying in technique and method according to the nature and conditions of the problem identified, directed toward the clarification or resolution (or both) of a problem.
Research
This is indeed a systematic, purposive and responsible
process of gaining new knowledge for every scholar
Research
What are the scope of research
Education,profession and administration
What are the Importance of Research in Everyday Life
• to provide fast and comfortable land, sea, and air means of
transportation
• to maximize the wonders of electricity like the radio, telephone,
air conditioning, light in the homes, movies, running machinery
for industry, the computer, etc.
• to create potent drugs that promote health and prolong life
• to satisfy man’s craving for more understanding
• to improve human judgment and power
• to relieve human suffering
• to increase satisfactions in countless ways
What are the Characteristics of Research
• Research begins with an unanswered problem or question.
• Research divides the major problems into sub-problems.
• Research is guided by specific problem or question.
• Research follows a logical procedure and data collection.
• Research requires interpretation of data.
• Research is a cycle.
What are the Process of research
- Determine (recognize) the problem. A researchable problem must be
original, interesting, significant, practical and measurable (Casela, 2010); - Form a hypothesis. It is usually a declarative sentence or a statement
suggested by knowledge or observation that is yet to prove or disprove. - Do the library search. This is not only limited to books, journals,
periodicals, theses, dissertations and abstracts; multi-media forms are
potential sources such as videos, films, documentaries, internet, etc.
Take note of the details of the materials you will use for the research
such as the author(s)’ complete names, title, publisher including its date
and place of publication. All of these information are necessary in
building the reference or bibliography. - Design the study. It can be a qualitative or a quantitative research. The
details will be in the next discussion. - Develop the instruments for collecting data. Instruments aid the
observation, interview processes, and experimentation (Casela, 2010). - Collecting the data. It can be in the form of observation, interview,
documentary analysis, survey questionnaire and experimentation
(Casela, 2010). - Analyze the data. It must be free from biases and impartiality. All
results must be recorded and interpreted accordingly and objectively. - Determine the implications and conclusions from the findings.
Implications are the proposition of the researcher to address the given
findings, while conclusions are the summary of all the findings. - Making recommendations for further research. It is necessary to
suggest continuous exploration on other related subjects to develop
new results.
What are the Ethics of Research
• Respect for persons. Individuals should be treated as autonomous
agents. The investigator must ensure that the subject has received a
full disclosure of the nature of the study, the risks, benefits and
alternatives, with an extended opportunity to ask questions. Persons
with diminished autonomy (e.g., prisoners, students, children, etc)
should not be coerced to participate in a research.
• Maximize possible benefits and minimize possible harms. The
investigator should give forethought to the maximization of benefits and
the reduction of risk that might occur from the research.
• Observe justice. Justice occurs when some benefit to which a person
is entitled is denied without good reason or when some burden is
imposed unduly. This includes fairness in distribution and equitable
selection of participants.
Selected Ethical Dilemmas in Research:
• Informed consent. Researchers must be responsible and
polite to ask permission from their research informants or
participants before they collect data from them.
• Misconduct in research. Data collected must not be altered,
manipulated or favored. Researchers must be honest and
accurate in recording the data gathered.
• Conflicts of interest. It is generally recommended that the
investigator should not participate as a research subject in his
or her study.
• Authorship. Misrepresentation of any form is wrong in scientific
research. Authorship requires “significant intellectual
contribution”.
How authorship ranking is done according to Elsevier Publication Online:
• All persons who meet authorship criteria are listed as authors, and all authors
certify that they have participated sufficiently in the work to take public
responsibility for the content, including participation in the concept, design,
analysis, writing, or revision of the manuscript.
• Authorship contributions indicate the specific contributions made by each author
(list the authors’ initials followed by their surnames, e.g., Y.L. Cheung). The name
of each author must appear at least once in each of the three categories:
• Category 1 – Conception and design of study, acquisition of data, and analysis
and/or interpretation of data
• Category 2 – Drafting the manuscript and revising the manuscript critically for
important intellectual content
• Category 3 – Approval of the version of the manuscript to be published (the
names of all authors must be listed)
_____. A researchable problem must be
original, interesting, significant, practical and measurable (Casela, 2010);
Determine (recognize) a problem
______. It is usually a declarative sentence or a statement
suggested by knowledge or observation that is yet to prove or disprove.
Form a hypothesis
_____. This is not only limited to books, journals,
periodicals, theses, dissertations and abstracts; multi-media forms are
potential sources such as videos, films, documentaries, internet, etc.
Take note of the details of the materials you will use for the research
such as the author(s)’ complete names, title, publisher including its date
and place of publication. All of these information are necessary in
building the reference or bibliography.
Do the library research
_____. It can be a qualitative or a quantitative research. The
details will be in the next discussion.
Design the study
_____. Instruments aid the
observation, interview processes, and experimentation (Casela, 2010).
Develop the instruments for collecting the data
______. It can be in the form of observation, interview,
documentary analysis, survey questionnaire and experimentation
(Casela, 2010).
Collecting the data
______. It must be free from biases and impartiality. All
results must be recorded and interpreted accordingly and objectively.
Analyza the data
______Implications are the proposition of the researcher to address the given
findings, while conclusions are the summary of all the findings.
Determine the implications and conclusions from the findings
________. It is necessary to
suggest continuous exploration on other related subjects to develop
new results.
Making recommendations for further research
