Research Basics

[3]	Research Methods [3] Formulating questions, collecting data, testing hypotheses

[4]	Experimental Research [4] Setting up experiments

[5]	Research Designs [5] Different types of designs used in research

[6]	Statistics in Research [6] A guide to statistics in research.

What is Research?

What is Research? [7]

Basics of the Scientific Method [8]

What is Empirical Research? [9]

What is the Scientific Method? [10]

Definition of Research [11]

Definition of the Scientific Method [12]

Definition of Science [13]

Steps

Steps of the Scientific Method [14] - The scientific method has a similar structure to an hourglass - starting from general questions, narrowing down to focus on one specific aspect [15], then designing research where we can observe and analyze this aspect.

At last, the hourglass widens and the researcher concludes [16] and generalizes [17] the findings to the real world.

 

 

Aims of Research

The general aims of research [18] are:

• Observe [19] and Describe
• Predict [20]
• Determination of the Causes [21]
• Explain

Purpose of Research [22] - Why do we conduct research? Why is it necessary?

Elements of Research

Common scientific research elements [23] are:

Characterization - How to understand a phenomenon

• Decide what to observe [24] about a phenomenon
• How to define the research problem [15]
• How to measure [25] the phenomenon

Hypothesis [26] and Theory [27]

• The research questions [15] before performing research
• Almost always based on previous research

Prediction [20]

• What answers do we expect?
• Reasoning [28] and logic on why we expect these results

Observation [19] or Experimentation [4]

• Testing characterizations, hypothesis [29], theory and predictions
• Understanding a phenomenon better
• Drawing Conclusions [16]