This document provides an introduction to research methodology. It discusses what research is, including that it involves systematically investigating facts through defining problems, formulating hypotheses, collecting and analyzing data, making deductions, and testing conclusions. Reasons for doing research include desires for degrees/benefits, intellectual challenge, helping society, and career requirements. Key steps in research are choosing a subject, literature review, defining objectives, experimental design, data collection/analysis, testing hypotheses, discussing results, and reporting findings. Research can be pure/applied, quantitative/qualitative, and exploratory/descriptive/diagnostic/hypothesis-testing based on its objectives.