Processes of Research

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Processes of Research

In an article entitled as the “Overview of


the Research Process” written on 2012,
there are six research processes
enumerated. These processes are as given.
Statement of
the Problem

The first process is to


narrow down your
topic of interest.
Refine your problem
into a concise
statement.
Generating a
Hypothesis or
Formulating a
Research Question
The second process is to
formulate a concise research
questions and research
hypotheses. You must specify
your research problems into
a concise research questions
and hypotheses.
Review of the
Literature and
Related Studies

The third process is to


collect and summarize
the prior studies that
are related and
important to your
present research study.
Sample
Selection
The fourth process is to
determine the sample.
Sample refers to the
subjects of the study. It is
usually a group of people
or respondents of the
study that represents the
whole population.
Instrumentatio
n
The fifth is to
appropriately select the
tools for the collection
and measurement of
data. The kind of tools to
be utilized depend on the
type of research study to
be conducted.
Data
Analysis
The last process aims
to answer the research
questions and
hypotheses. This
includes statistical
techniques for
quantitative research
and thematic approach
for qualitative
research.
Ethics of Research
The observation of ethical standards in conducting a
research is highly important in order to ensure the
authenticity and fairness of the study. Parveen and
Showkat (2017) argue that research ethics is doing
what is considered as morally and legally right in a
research.
2. The safety of the
participants should be
of priority. There should
1. An informed consent be consideration of the
should be given to the privacy, anonymity and
participants. confidentiality of the
respondents and
participants of the
research study.
3. The researcher should be
sensitive to the cultural,
religious, economic,
psychological, spiritual,
physiological, biological,
political, social and other
concerns of the participants
of the study.
4. The authorship of the
research is highly
observed. Every author
and contributor to the
study must be credited
and included in the
research output.
5. The researcher must cite
the original source of the
data and should avoid
plagiarism. All forms of
rights such as copyrights,
intellectual property,
patents and among others
should take into
consideration.
6. The data manipulation,
fabrication, falsification and
misrepresentation of the results
must be avoided.
.
7. The researcher must avoid biased information
and reveal his personal and financial interest
upon the conduct of the research.
8. The research study must be a
contribution to the body of
knowledge
There are eight research ethics which are the
informed consent, the safety of the participants as
priority, the sensitivity to the background of the
participants, the authorship, the source of data,
the avoidance of the falsification and manipulation
of data, the unveiling of researcher’s biases and
the research as a body of knowledge.

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