Overview of Module
Completion requirements
Introduction to research: Definition, purpose, and significance.
Types of research: Qualitative, quantitative, exploratory, explanatory, and applied research.
Research approaches: Descriptive, experimental, and analytical research.
Importance of Research in Academia and Industry.
Characteristics of Good Research
Time management and project planning: Creating timelines and milestones for project completion.
1. Introduction to Research
1.1. What is Research?
- Research is a systematic inquiry or investigation aimed at establishing facts, reach new conclusions, or solve problems. It is the systematic collection, analysis and interpretation of data to generate new knowledge and answer a certain question or solve a problem.
- Research is also defined as a systematic inquiry that investigates hypotheses, suggests new interpretations of data or texts, and poses new questions for future research to explore.
- To research is to purposely and methodically search for new knowledge and practical solutions in the form of answers to questions formulated beforehand.
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Usually Research consists of:
- Asking a question that nobody has asked before;
- Doing the necessary work to find the answer; and
- Communicating the knowledge, you have acquired to a larger audience.