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How to do Research

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Nico Ricamata

The document discusses the importance of starting any research with a well-defined problem. An effective problem should be interesting to the researcher, relevant to society, focused in scope to limit variables, and plausible given the researcher's abilities and constraints. Without a clear problem, there is no purpose to conducting research.

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How to do Research
STEP NUMBER 1 : PROBLEM • NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEM YOU CHOOSE, ALL OF THEM WOULD BEGIN WITH A PROBLEM. • ANY RESEARCH ENTERPRISE MUST BEGIN WITH A PROBLEM OR A QUESTION THAT ONE YEARNS TO ANSWER. WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THERE IS NO REASON TO RESEARCH.
TRAITS A PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE 1. INTERESTING – THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE RESEARCHER/S. THE INTEREST OF THE RESEARCHER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SERVES AS A MOTIVATING FACTOR TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM. 2. RELEVANT – THERE IS NO POINT IN INVESTIGATING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT RELEVANT. A RESEARCHER SHOULD LOOK AT THE LARGER PICTURE AND SEE HOW HE CAN STUDY SOMETHING RELEVANT TO PEOPLE. IN SIMPLE TERMS, WE DO RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.
TRAITS A PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE 3. FOCUSED – THE PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS BECAUSE THIS WILL SERVE AS YOUR LIMITATION. IF THE PROBLEM IS TOO BROAD, IT MIGHT RESULT INTO HAVING TOO MANY VARIABLES THAT MAY CAUSE THE STUDY TO BECOME MEANINGLESS. 4. PLAUSIBLE – THE RESEARCH PROBLEM SHOULD BE PLAUSIBLE IN THE SENSE THAT IT CAN BE STUDIED BY A PARTICULAR RESEARCHER. SOMETIMES, THE PROBLEM WITH SOME RESEARCHERS IS THAT THEY ARE TOO AMBITIOUS THAT THEY FORGET THAT THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS TOO.

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How to do Research

  • 2. STEP NUMBER 1 : PROBLEM • NO MATTER WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEM YOU CHOOSE, ALL OF THEM WOULD BEGIN WITH A PROBLEM. • ANY RESEARCH ENTERPRISE MUST BEGIN WITH A PROBLEM OR A QUESTION THAT ONE YEARNS TO ANSWER. WITHOUT A PROBLEM, THERE IS NO REASON TO RESEARCH.
  • 3. TRAITS A PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE 1. INTERESTING – THE PROBLEM SHOULD BE OF GREAT INTEREST TO THE RESEARCHER/S. THE INTEREST OF THE RESEARCHER IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT SERVES AS A MOTIVATING FACTOR TO RESOLVE A PROBLEM. 2. RELEVANT – THERE IS NO POINT IN INVESTIGATING SOMETHING THAT IS NOT RELEVANT. A RESEARCHER SHOULD LOOK AT THE LARGER PICTURE AND SEE HOW HE CAN STUDY SOMETHING RELEVANT TO PEOPLE. IN SIMPLE TERMS, WE DO RESEARCH FOR THE BENEFIT OF SOCIETY.
  • 4. TRAITS A PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE 3. FOCUSED – THE PROBLEM SHOULD HAVE A PARTICULAR FOCUS BECAUSE THIS WILL SERVE AS YOUR LIMITATION. IF THE PROBLEM IS TOO BROAD, IT MIGHT RESULT INTO HAVING TOO MANY VARIABLES THAT MAY CAUSE THE STUDY TO BECOME MEANINGLESS. 4. PLAUSIBLE – THE RESEARCH PROBLEM SHOULD BE PLAUSIBLE IN THE SENSE THAT IT CAN BE STUDIED BY A PARTICULAR RESEARCHER. SOMETIMES, THE PROBLEM WITH SOME RESEARCHERS IS THAT THEY ARE TOO AMBITIOUS THAT THEY FORGET THAT THEY HAVE LIMITATIONS AND CONSTRAINTS TOO.