WHAT IS RESEARCH?
LEARNING WHAT IS RESEARCH?
Aden Brown What Is Research?
What is research? I define research as process to defining a solution to a given problem. All researchers deal with matters that have some relevant importance to a certain situation. When we begin to prepare our research topics we must always ask “Why is this important?” If the topic is not relevant then the data research would be irrelevant. After an effective topic has been chosen the next thing that has to be done is gathering information about your research. This will tell you if someone else has defined this certain topic and what were their findings. Now we have a game plan. At this point we can begin to take the research into your own hands. Begin by asking yourself, “What do I want to gain from my research?” In the conclusion you have prepared and experimented with your own research. The final step in all of this is presenting your presentation.
Brittney Brown What Is Research?
Research deals with the aspect of curiosity. When a person wants to know or find out something, they can’t get the answer unless they do their research. Research answers the questions to why certain things are the way that they are. It’s like a stamp of approval to an assumption that a person may have. According to Wikipedia, "research can be defined as the search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method." Research is conducted in basic everyday life whether people know it or not. An example of using research in everyday life would be meeting someone for the first time and looking them up on Facebook to see what kind of person they are. Simple things, such as looking up someone on Facebook, are considered doing research as well.
Liz Carroll What Is Research?
A recent social media discussion surrounding the recent defeat of Personhood 26 proposed constitutional change in Mississippi, points to the abundance of evidence on the side of ‘pro-choice’ advocates working against the measure as a reason for their success.
“A credulous mind will believe whatever it is told and generally, will put the most weight on the last statement heard. A skeptic, however, is not so easily persuaded, with any subject. It is reasonable to start with the null hypothesis and require evidence in order to believe” Deep Fried Free Thinkers (2011).
We live in a skeptical world. Such are the times, marked by an overabundance of communication channels, messages carefully crafted by those paid to persuade and a sea of misinformation aimed at confusing the conversation on any number of topics. Simply put, it is difficult to distinguish fact from noise. Hence, the need for research.
The quote from a post discussing the recent defeat of the Personhood 26 proposed constitutional amendment change in Mississippi sums up my views pretty succinctly. As someone who spent a great deal of my professional life as a reporter, research was an everyday part of life. Tell me your story and I might believe it but to convince me (or the public) it takes evidence… even better if the evidence represents both sides of the issue. If it is well constructed that evidence will lead the reader, viewer, skeptic, to the advocate’s foregone conclusion!
Research is far from the stereotype of a bunch of academics locked away in a lab (although that is a part of good work!). Every day people sift through information, discarding what does not appeal or seem real and acting on what supports a logical decision. We use that research in how we vote, with our pocketbooks, in our parenting, even right down to which fast food restaurant may have a ‘healthier’ option on the menu! Agendas are set, policy is drafted, financial success and failures are met and conflicts are brokered based on numbers and the inferences drawn from them. Whether we realize it or not, the toothpaste we use in the morning is chosen by numbers! It may be the price tag on the tube or it may be the research used to position the product, right down to the advertising vehicle through which we receive the message BUT, we use research to make that decision, consciously or unconsciously!
There isn’t a candidate alive (at least not a successful or moderately sane one) who doesn’t use opposition research on themselves and their opponents to determine strategy. What may seem like the most mundane of information, like the number of times their opponent has been away during a vote, may be the very thing which makes headlines or distinguishes one candidate from another.
Likewise, I’ve worked on many, many issue campaigns where high-dollar clients with unpopular positions and sometimes a compromised public image will use data to help public affairs strategists make a case and turn the tide of public sentiment. Reams of research are distilled down to common sense ‘talking points’ and repeated enough times to enough opinion leaders until a ‘tipping point’ is reached. Public opinion doesn’t just happen. It is work. And it is the work of researchers working in partnership with others to disseminate the information.
Medical researchers use data to come up with life saving solutions. Combine that with historians and economists who can look at past behavior and derive commonalities and you have the beginnings of a conversation to address endemic epidemiological quagmires facing entire continents of people. Think of polio, syphylis, yellow-fever, each formerly life threatening plague can be catalogued in the back of the history book as a thing of the past because of research.
An anthropologist can dig up King Tut’s tomb and the world has a artistic treasure to view! Add other researchers to the team and those unearthed wonders resurrect keys to the past which can impact (and did) the future. What methods were used to mummify? What customs determined the hierarchy of that culture? What math was used to construct the burial chamber and to keep those treasures preserved for so long? Research, data, investigation, scrutiny, scientific discourse; all provided context to those discoveries and brought a new set of potential solutions to modern day questions.
I can’t think of a single area in life where data doesn’t play a part. So, what is research? It is information in its most distilled form. It is knowledge. More importantly, it is an understanding of that knowledge. In today’s world, especially in the digital age, it is essential to be able to think critically. Otherwise, we stand the danger of being led down the proverbial ‘primrose path’! Use research or let the research (and the people who know how) use you!
Eric Davis What Is Research?
Research is to search or investigate extensively to find the best solution to the study in which is being researched. While conducting research, a person must find the interpretation of facts that are logical and capable of being continuously or thrall researched. According to wikipedia, Another definition of research is given by Creswell who states - "Research is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue". It consists of three steps: Pose a question, collect data to answer the question, and present an answer to the question."[When researching a person must not only attempt to research enough information, but that may help gain a better conceptual or knowledgeable approach to a situation. Its not suppose to be very narrow or too broad, but research is suppose to be capable of finding a connection to a specific topic without fading. Research is the body of every study in everyday life and within every subject. It is the epitome of studies in the idea of finding a resolution or perhaps a breach to a better place. Also, research is having the knowledge of knowing whether or not your topic is qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative research is the based on employing symbols (words, diagrams, and non-meaningful numbers) to indicate the meanings. However, Quantitative Research is employing meaningful numerical indicators to ascertain the relative amount of something!
Symone Davis What Is Research?
Research is finding out how people feel about anything. You can ask a group of people how they feel about a topic, and that could be considered research. The way data is collected can be time consuming and stressful, but the end result is so fulfilling. To know that others could potentially benefit from something you took time out to figure out is like a gift that keeps on giving. Smart boards have been around for years, but the fact that we as students are going in depth with college level professors to see how they feel about new technology could boost up the number of facilities that use this medium. There is no measure of how far research can go, anything is possible as long as you do a little research before hand.
Maurice Richardson What Is Research?
Research is using your knowledge and putting in various amount of hard work on trying to come up with an idea to something you cannot find. To get your research done you must complete surveys, do in-depth interview questions, or have a focus group. When researching about a particular topic you know a little information about it, but you really can’t say if it is true or not until you do your research. When you conduct research for the first time you become very familiar with the topic and gain valuable and important information on your topic, but you learn what steps to do and what steps not to do when you decided to conduct research for the second time. According to University World News, “Research by universities remains a prime source of knowledge and innovation. But in the past decade most industrialised states have faced the dual challenge of opening access to post-secondary education while ensuring adequate investment in high-level research and pursuing reforms to build world-class higher education systems with quality teaching and research.” When conducting research it takes a lot of time and dedication, but once you complete it you become very happy to present it to whomever it may concern.
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What is research? I define research as process to defining a solution to a given problem. All researchers deal with matters that have some relevant importance to a certain situation. When we begin to prepare our research topics we must always ask “Why is this important?” If the topic is not relevant then the data research would be irrelevant. After an effective topic has been chosen the next thing that has to be done is gathering information about your research. This will tell you if someone else has defined this certain topic and what were their findings. Now we have a game plan. At this point we can begin to take the research into your own hands. Begin by asking yourself, “What do I want to gain from my research?” In the conclusion you have prepared and experimented with your own research. The final step in all of this is presenting your presentation.
Brittney Brown What Is Research?
Research deals with the aspect of curiosity. When a person wants to know or find out something, they can’t get the answer unless they do their research. Research answers the questions to why certain things are the way that they are. It’s like a stamp of approval to an assumption that a person may have. According to Wikipedia, "research can be defined as the search for knowledge, or as any systematic investigation, to establish novel facts, solve new or existing problems, prove new ideas, or develop new theories, usually using a scientific method." Research is conducted in basic everyday life whether people know it or not. An example of using research in everyday life would be meeting someone for the first time and looking them up on Facebook to see what kind of person they are. Simple things, such as looking up someone on Facebook, are considered doing research as well.
Liz Carroll What Is Research?
A recent social media discussion surrounding the recent defeat of Personhood 26 proposed constitutional change in Mississippi, points to the abundance of evidence on the side of ‘pro-choice’ advocates working against the measure as a reason for their success.
“A credulous mind will believe whatever it is told and generally, will put the most weight on the last statement heard. A skeptic, however, is not so easily persuaded, with any subject. It is reasonable to start with the null hypothesis and require evidence in order to believe” Deep Fried Free Thinkers (2011).
We live in a skeptical world. Such are the times, marked by an overabundance of communication channels, messages carefully crafted by those paid to persuade and a sea of misinformation aimed at confusing the conversation on any number of topics. Simply put, it is difficult to distinguish fact from noise. Hence, the need for research.
The quote from a post discussing the recent defeat of the Personhood 26 proposed constitutional amendment change in Mississippi sums up my views pretty succinctly. As someone who spent a great deal of my professional life as a reporter, research was an everyday part of life. Tell me your story and I might believe it but to convince me (or the public) it takes evidence… even better if the evidence represents both sides of the issue. If it is well constructed that evidence will lead the reader, viewer, skeptic, to the advocate’s foregone conclusion!
Research is far from the stereotype of a bunch of academics locked away in a lab (although that is a part of good work!). Every day people sift through information, discarding what does not appeal or seem real and acting on what supports a logical decision. We use that research in how we vote, with our pocketbooks, in our parenting, even right down to which fast food restaurant may have a ‘healthier’ option on the menu! Agendas are set, policy is drafted, financial success and failures are met and conflicts are brokered based on numbers and the inferences drawn from them. Whether we realize it or not, the toothpaste we use in the morning is chosen by numbers! It may be the price tag on the tube or it may be the research used to position the product, right down to the advertising vehicle through which we receive the message BUT, we use research to make that decision, consciously or unconsciously!
There isn’t a candidate alive (at least not a successful or moderately sane one) who doesn’t use opposition research on themselves and their opponents to determine strategy. What may seem like the most mundane of information, like the number of times their opponent has been away during a vote, may be the very thing which makes headlines or distinguishes one candidate from another.
Likewise, I’ve worked on many, many issue campaigns where high-dollar clients with unpopular positions and sometimes a compromised public image will use data to help public affairs strategists make a case and turn the tide of public sentiment. Reams of research are distilled down to common sense ‘talking points’ and repeated enough times to enough opinion leaders until a ‘tipping point’ is reached. Public opinion doesn’t just happen. It is work. And it is the work of researchers working in partnership with others to disseminate the information.
Medical researchers use data to come up with life saving solutions. Combine that with historians and economists who can look at past behavior and derive commonalities and you have the beginnings of a conversation to address endemic epidemiological quagmires facing entire continents of people. Think of polio, syphylis, yellow-fever, each formerly life threatening plague can be catalogued in the back of the history book as a thing of the past because of research.
An anthropologist can dig up King Tut’s tomb and the world has a artistic treasure to view! Add other researchers to the team and those unearthed wonders resurrect keys to the past which can impact (and did) the future. What methods were used to mummify? What customs determined the hierarchy of that culture? What math was used to construct the burial chamber and to keep those treasures preserved for so long? Research, data, investigation, scrutiny, scientific discourse; all provided context to those discoveries and brought a new set of potential solutions to modern day questions.
I can’t think of a single area in life where data doesn’t play a part. So, what is research? It is information in its most distilled form. It is knowledge. More importantly, it is an understanding of that knowledge. In today’s world, especially in the digital age, it is essential to be able to think critically. Otherwise, we stand the danger of being led down the proverbial ‘primrose path’! Use research or let the research (and the people who know how) use you!
Eric Davis What Is Research?
Research is to search or investigate extensively to find the best solution to the study in which is being researched. While conducting research, a person must find the interpretation of facts that are logical and capable of being continuously or thrall researched. According to wikipedia, Another definition of research is given by Creswell who states - "Research is a process of steps used to collect and analyze information to increase our understanding of a topic or issue". It consists of three steps: Pose a question, collect data to answer the question, and present an answer to the question."[When researching a person must not only attempt to research enough information, but that may help gain a better conceptual or knowledgeable approach to a situation. Its not suppose to be very narrow or too broad, but research is suppose to be capable of finding a connection to a specific topic without fading. Research is the body of every study in everyday life and within every subject. It is the epitome of studies in the idea of finding a resolution or perhaps a breach to a better place. Also, research is having the knowledge of knowing whether or not your topic is qualitative or quantitative. Qualitative research is the based on employing symbols (words, diagrams, and non-meaningful numbers) to indicate the meanings. However, Quantitative Research is employing meaningful numerical indicators to ascertain the relative amount of something!
Symone Davis What Is Research?
Research is finding out how people feel about anything. You can ask a group of people how they feel about a topic, and that could be considered research. The way data is collected can be time consuming and stressful, but the end result is so fulfilling. To know that others could potentially benefit from something you took time out to figure out is like a gift that keeps on giving. Smart boards have been around for years, but the fact that we as students are going in depth with college level professors to see how they feel about new technology could boost up the number of facilities that use this medium. There is no measure of how far research can go, anything is possible as long as you do a little research before hand.
Maurice Richardson What Is Research?
Research is using your knowledge and putting in various amount of hard work on trying to come up with an idea to something you cannot find. To get your research done you must complete surveys, do in-depth interview questions, or have a focus group. When researching about a particular topic you know a little information about it, but you really can’t say if it is true or not until you do your research. When you conduct research for the first time you become very familiar with the topic and gain valuable and important information on your topic, but you learn what steps to do and what steps not to do when you decided to conduct research for the second time. According to University World News, “Research by universities remains a prime source of knowledge and innovation. But in the past decade most industrialised states have faced the dual challenge of opening access to post-secondary education while ensuring adequate investment in high-level research and pursuing reforms to build world-class higher education systems with quality teaching and research.” When conducting research it takes a lot of time and dedication, but once you complete it you become very happy to present it to whomever it may concern.
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