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    The document discusses key concepts in research methodology, including the importance of understanding research, four key issues to consider in conducting research, and definitions of research, methods versus methodology, the scientific method, and the basic structure of the research process. It also outlines the difference between deduction and induction in research and some key concerns to consider when selecting a research topic.

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    Research Methodology

    Basic Concepts
    Why must we understand research?
     help make informed decisions

     need to produce research in career

     evaluating research in different areas

     assist in research classes

     Support for thesis/dissertation writing


    Four Key Issues for researching….
     What am I going to do in my research?

     Who else has done research like this, and what did they do?

     How am I going to do this research?

     Why will this research be important to the academic


    community?
    Research?
     Search again?

     Explore new knowledge?

     Get academic degree?

     What?
     Exploring and understanding the meaning of
    individuals or groups ascribe to a social or human
    problem
    Academic research involving
    1. Studying the meaning/fact and figure of people’s lives, under real-
    world conditions

    2. Representing the views and perspectives/statistical data of the


    people in a study

    3. Covering the contextual conditions within which people live

    4. Contributing insights into existing or emerging concepts that may


    help to explain human social behavior

    5. Striving to use multiple sources of evidence rather than relying on a


    single source
    Methods vs methodology
     Methods: process
     Methodology: science
    Science, the Scientific Method, and
    Research?
     Science…
     a body of established knowledge
     the observation, identification, investigation, and theoretical
    explanation of natural phenomenon
    Science, the Scientific Method, and
    Research?
     Theory…
     a set of inter-related constructs and propositions that specify
    relations among variables to explain and predict phenomena
     should be simple, consistent with observed relationships,
    tentative and verifiable
    Science, the Scientific Method, and
    Research?
     Scientific Method…
     involves the principles and processes regarded as characteristic
    of or necessary for scientific investigation
     process or approach to generating valid and trustworthy
    knowledge
    Science, the Scientific Method, and
    Research?
     Research…
     the application of the scientific method
     a systematic process of collecting and logically analyzing
    information (data)
     Research Methods
     the ways one collects and analyzes data
     methods developed for acquiring trustworthy knowledge via
    reliable and valid procedures
    Science, the Scientific Method, and
    Research?
     Research methodology
     a science of studying how research is done scientifically
    Simple research model

    1. Problem

    4. Action 2. Data Collection

    3. Data Analysis
    Structure of Research

    The "hourglass" notion of research


    begin with broad questions
    narrow down, focus in
    operationalize
    OBSERVE
    analyze data
    reach conclusions
    generalize back to questions
    Deduction and Induction

    Deduction

    Induction
    Key concerns in Research selection
     Interest
     Relevance
     Duplication
     Feasibility
     Acceptability
     Applicability
     Cost Effectiveness
     Ethical Consideration
    More information

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