What is Research?
Research is a process of systematic inquiry that entails collection of data; documentation of critical information; and analysis and interpretation of that data/information, in accordance with suitable methodologies set by specific professional fields and academic disciplines.
Research is conducted to…
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Evaluate the validity of a hypothesis or an interpretive framework.
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To assemble a body of substantive knowledge and findings for sharing them in appropriate manners.
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To help generate questions for further inquiries.
(Hampshire College: https://www.hampshire.edu/dof/what-is-research#:~:text=Research%20is%20a%20process%20of,professional%20fields%20and%20academic%20disciplines.)
Other’s Say
The systematic and objective analysis and recording of controlled observations that may lead to development of generalizations, principles, or theories, resulting in prediction and possibility of ultimate control of events.
– John W.Best
My Simple Say
Research is the answer to an interrogation, otherwise, Research Question.
