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Doing research does not
necessarily mean creating
extraordinary things like Mark
Zuckerberg who developed
Facebook or even Zhang Yiming
who created TikTok.
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Etymologically, research came from
“re” and “search”. "Re" is a prefix that
means again and search is a word
which means to look for. Therefore,
research is to look for something
(Chapman 1979).
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There are two (2) things that we need to take
note of in this definition.
First, research is not only about the discovery of
something unknown, it is coming up with a new
explanation of something that is known.
Second, research is a process. It is a process of
searching for something to solve an existing
problem or difficulty to solve.
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Research is also understood as a systematic
investigation or inquiry entailing collection
of data, documentation of critical
information, analysis, interpretation of
information (Williams 2007).
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Research as systematic means it follows the
structure or method.
Therefore, whenever collecting data,
documenting information, analyzing, and
interpreting information are conducted, a
particular method is used.
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Research is very significant on our lives, it
has gradually changed human life
through history. Here are the five (5)
importance of research to our daily lives.
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1. Research aims for truth (Rolfe
2002).
Research is about establishing truth
based on evidence or data.
We conduct a study to seek for truth.
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2. Research improves quality of
human life (Bornmann 2013).
All of the technological advancements are
brought by different researches (Gupta 2018).
Without the people who dedicated their lives for
the sake of humanity, we will not have this kind
of life. Through research, it improves our
standard of living.
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3. Research saves life (Cancer
Research UK 2019).
Research on understanding the disease,
development of vaccines, and medication will
save us. Nonetheless, researchers are doing their
best working day and night to have a medical
remedy for this pandemic. Later, research will
succeed and will continue to provide us a safer
life.
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4. Research gathers necessary
information (Igwenagu 2016).
Conducting research implies gathering necessary
data to explain your problem and to answer your
particular questions for example, you want to
understand students’ perceptions about modular
learning, then, you conduct survey to the projected
respondents or direct interviews with the projected
participants.
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5. Research explores humanity
(Lee, Tran, and Lee 2007).
Research likewise deals with the investigation of culture
to understand and to appreciate others' practices, and
beliefs (Zion and Kozleski 2005). The way we
understand others is the result of a long study of
different individuals to provide us explanations about
group or individual culture. Because of this, we can
now related, understand, and respect others.
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Research is important because it aims
for truth, improves quality of human life,
saves life, gathers necessary information,
and explores humanity. Who knows in the
future, you’re research might be beneficial
to humanity.