Research Methodology Definition

What educational research - In this article I will explain research methodology and educational research definitions from different points of view of different experts and fields.

1. Webster International Dictionary proposes a very inclusive definition of research as "a careful critical inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles, investigation in order to ascertain something.

 

2. The activities that go by the name of research involves mainly a "Re-search" i-e activities undertaken to repeat a search.

It may be stated that research refers to "a critical and exhaustive investigation or experimentation having its aim the revision of accepted conclusions in the light of newly discovered facts. 

3. D. Slesinger and Stephenson in the encyclopedia of social science defines research as "the manipulation of things, concepts or symbols for the purpose of generalizing to extend, correct or verify knowledge, whether that knowledge and construction theory or in the practice of an art. 

4. Oxford English Dictionary defines research as "research again and repeatedly.

5. According to Elliot "research is the systematic search for getting information on a specific subject.
6. Any honest attempt to study a problem systematically or to add to man's knowledge of a problem may be regarded as research. Theodorsen 1969 Newyork.

7. Broadly the formulation of systematic and logical coherent methods for the search for knowledge.

It is strictly speaking not concerned directly with the accumulation of knowledge or understanding but rather with the methods and procedures by which such knowledge and understanding are achieved. 

There are two basic types of Research.

Pure or Basic Research

Research that is motivated by the desire to know or understand for the sake of knowing is called pure or basic research.

Applied Research

By the desire to know in order to use this knowledge for practical concerns is called applied research. 

 

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