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CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH, MUHAMMAD SYAHMI BA1185I - Coggle…
CHAPTER 6: INTRODUCTION TO RESEARCH
What is research?
The systematic investigation into and study of materials, sources, etc, in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.
Characteristic of quality research
Based on works of others
Can replicate on other works
Must be achievable
Can be used in another setting
Some researches can be based on theory
Classical scientific method
Observation of some phenomenon, Maybe systematic, occasional or accidental, Some idea of an explanation (hypothesis)
HYPOTHESIS
PROBABILITY OF RESEARCH
Nothing is certain
The exception that “proves” the rule
Scientific “truth” is actually usually a statement of what is most probable given the currently known data ...
... within the given framework
STATISTICAL TECHNIQUES TRY TO HELP US SHOW EXTENT TO WHICH OUR RESULTS REALLY DO SUPPORT THE HYPOTHESIS
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
Defined as attempts to explore and explain while providing additional information about a topic.
Descriptive research, primarily concerned with finding out "what is," might be applied to investigate the current situation. Examples
Do teachers hold favorable attitudes toward using computers in schools?
What kinds of activities that involve technology occur in sixth-grade classrooms and how frequently do they occur?
ELEMENTS IN DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
Statement of the problem
Identification of information needed to solve the problem
Selection or development of instruments for gathering the information
Identification of target population and determination of sampling procedure
Design of procedure for information collection
Collection of information
Analysis of information
Generalizations and/or predictions
EXPLORATORY RESEARCH
xploratory research is defined as the initial research into a hypothetical or theoretical idea.
New Topic
A new topic is often unexpected and startling in its findings.
New Angle
Come from new ways of looking at things, either from a theoretical perspective or a new way of measuring something.
CORRELATION RESEARCH
Correlation research is usually being treated as descriptive study mainly because it is studying about current situation
It refers to any of a broad class of statistical relationships involving dependence.
Example:
Correlation between the demand for a product and its price.
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