What Is Research?

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Research is

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• Systematic way of thinking and knowing and has a distinct vocabulary
• uses orderly scientific methods (multiple) to answer questions or solve problems

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Examining human behavior, human experience & human environments in which though and action processes of researcher are

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Clearly specified so that they are logical, understandable, confirmable and useful

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Importance of research

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• helps provide answers about daily practice (validates)
• develops body of knowledge fundamental to practice
• develops and tests theories that form basis for practice
• generates relevant theory and knowledge about human experience and behavior
• knowledge obtained is critical in guiding legislators and regulatory bodies about best policies and procedures
• contributes to evolution of research methods as they answer better questions
• helps us become more critical consumers

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Scientific researcher endeavors to

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Understand, explain, predict or control phenomena

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Go about task in a

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Orderly and systematic fashion

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Scientific method involves

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Formal application of systematic, logical procedures that guide investigation of phenomena of interest

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Sources of human knowledge

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• tradition
• authority
• experience
• logical reasoning

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Tradition

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Knowledge passed down

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Authority

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Certain title or position that have a source of knowledge

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Experience

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Your own experience

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Logical reasoning

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(Verbal reasoning) Ability of candidate to understand and logically work through concepts and problems expressed in words

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Logical reasoning consists of

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• inductive reasoning

- deductive reasoning

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Inductive reasoning

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Specific observations and collectively coming up with an explanation
Small information to one general rule

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Deductive reasoning

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Taking general principle and applying it to different situations
Expect it to work

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Characteristics of scientific approach

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• order
• empirical evidence
• generalization

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Empirical evidence

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Something that’s tangible, you can observe objectively, have actual data, and physical behavior

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Generalization

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Take whatever found and generalize it

Apply it to other groups

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Assumptions of scientific approach

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• nature of reality

- determinism

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Nature of reality

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What you see is real

Everything is objective

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Determinism

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Always assuming anything that see or do has a cause and effect

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Purposes of scientific research

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• description
• exploration
• explanation
• prediction and control

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description

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• describe the world
• what is going on around you
• what are you observing?

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exploration

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how things are working?

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explanation

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why things are working?

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basic

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increasing human knowledge

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applied

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middle of continuum both OT and occupation based practice

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transformative research

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- as you gather/learn and apply | - that will change the world

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general limitations

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...

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moral or ethical issues

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times where we cannot experiment on people because of moral or ethical issues

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human complexity

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how we do it | how we choose to do it is different

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measurement problem

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different things happening in each persons lives | difficult to measure

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control problems

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can't control problems