this presentations denotes idea of nature of research

1. NATURE OF RESERCH
(RESEARCH
METHODOLOGY)
TAMSA PANDYA
RESEARCH SCHOLAR
MKBU

2. What is Research?
◗ “SYSTEMATIC INQUERY DIRECTED
TOWARDS THE CREATION OF KNOWLEDGE
“—GROAT & WANG, P.7.
◗ An important question to ask ---is the research meaningful?
◗ Regardless of the discipline, research is usually a systematic and objective
search for reliable information ( Ary, et, al, p.22)

3. SYSTEMATIC
SCIENTIFIC
OBJECTIVE
DEFINITENESS
VERIFIABILITY
GENERALITY
PREDICTABILITY
MODIFIABILITY
DYNAMICITY

4. RESEARCH IS SYSTEMATIC….
◗ Generally, organized research
◗ Systematic method of finding
answers to questions.
◗ Process broken up into clear steps
that lead to conclusions.
◗ Planned structure or method used
to reach the conclusion

5. SYSTEMATIC RESEARCH
Based on clearly
formulated questions
Appraises their
quality
Identity relevant
studies
Summarizes the evidence
by use of explicit
methodology
SYSTEMATIC
RESEARCH

6. THE ‘SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH’
◗ Neutral, systematic, planned, and multiple-step process that uses previously
discovered facts to advance knowledge that does not exist in the literature.
◗ Attempts to minimize the influence of the researchers unbiased on the
outcome of an experiment.
◗ The researcher may have a preference for one outcome or another, and it is
important that this preference not bias the results or their interpretation.
◗ Sometimes "common sense" and "logic" tempt us into believing that no test
is needed.
◗ There are several variants and each researcher needs to tune the process to
the nature of the problem and his / her working methods.

7. ● Ask question
● Contruct hypothesis
● Test & experiment
● Anaylaz result/con.
● Hypothesis true/false
● Report result
Established theory
based on repeated
Validation of results
Formulate
Hypothesis
Observe natural phenomena
Test Hypothesis
Modify
Hypothesis
THE SCIENTIFIC METHOD

8. RESEARCH HAS OBJECTIVITY
◗ Objectivity research means proceeding without being influenced by any bias or
personal opinions
◗ Reiss and Sprenger (2014) provide strategies for maintaining objectivity in
quantitative research which are explained below:
Focus on
the facts
and data
collected-
• Your interpretation should
be based on the factual data
that you have collected.
Value
free-
• Ensure that the research is
value free- as far as
possible, your research
should not reflect your own
values alone.

9. 1 2 3
NOTE…
(Myrdal, 1969:
p.56, 65- 66).
Myrdal provides
guidelines on how
this could be
developed….
Relevance Significance Feasible
value held by people,
groups of people in
society not be
something that the
researcher alone
perceives as
important
A substantial
number of people
should view the
value as being
important;
Values that aim for
perfection or
unattainable goals
should not be
considered as a
base for research

10. DEFINITENESS
◗ Definiteness research is characterized by definiteness in its process as
well as product here the modes and measures for
1. Collection and organizing information or data
2. Testing and verifying the collected information for arriving at the
conclusion as well as planned and definite

11. VERIFIABILITY IN RESEARCH
◗ Verifiability , Research lays emphasis on the proper verification of the collected
information data or facts
◗ Here nothing is accepted and derived unless verified through adequate observation
test and experimentation

12. RESEARCH HAS GENERALITY
◗ GENERALITY: The conclusions or
results derived from the scientific method
show marked characteristic of a
generalities.
◗ First it means that inductive reasoning and
process is used in making generalization
and of the particular happenings.
◗ The principles low and theories established
through scientific universal having
generalized application in
similar situations

13. PREDICTABILITY IN RESEARCH
◗ Predictability: The results
obtained through scientific
method are characterized with
the ability of predicting the
future outcomes of the things or
event in a given situation under
the known circumstances what
would happen to a person of
object or phenomenon can be
reasonably predicted through
the properly divided conclusion
for results of a
scientific procedure.
Scientific Result
Observations
Rigours
testing's
Predicts
Theory

14. MODIFIABILITY IN RESEARCH
Flexible for changes
Never final absolute and static
Open to verification observation
and experimentation
Capability of being modified
CONCLUSIONS

15. DYNAMICITY IN RESEARCH
◗ Dynamicity consequently what is true today in terms the derived fact or
reached generalization may be proved wrong tomorrow based on news
findings
◗ Therefore research neither advocates rigidity in the process adopted for
discovering the facts not stands in the way of bringing decide
modification and changes in the pre established
principles law or theories.

16. References
◗ Sousa Correa, Sousa Correa, and W.R Owens. The Handbook to
Literary Research. 2nd ed., Routledge, 2010.
◗ Unit 1 Introduction to Research: Purpose, Nature and Scope ... -
Egyankosh, www.egyankosh.ac.in/bitstream/123456789/32484/1/Unit-
1.pdf. Accessed 9 Aug. 2023
◗ Myrdal, Gunnar. Objectivity in Social Research. Duckworth, 1970.
◗ Reiss, Julian, and Jan Sprenger. “Scientific Objectivity.” Stanford
Encyclopedia of Philosophy, 25 Aug. 2014,
plato.stanford.edu/archives/fall2014/entries/scientific-objectivity/.