The document outlines the key characteristics of quality research including:
1. Research should be empirical, logical, cyclical, analytical, critical, and methodical based on direct experience, valid principles, starting and ending with a problem, proven data gathering procedures, careful judgement, and conducted without bias systematically.
2. Research design and procedures should be replicable to arrive at valid and conclusive results.
3. The research process involves defining the problem, reviewing literature, formulating hypotheses, designing the study, collecting and analyzing data, and interpreting and reporting results.