>Define Research.
>What do you mean by research?
>What is research?
According to Chris Jordan
“Research is defined as a search for knowledge or any systematic investigation to establish facts.”
According to Horton
“Research means search for facts or ideas and to answer to the questions in order to find a solution to the problem”.
According to Waltz
“Research is a systematic, formal, rigorous and precise process employed to gain solution to problems and/or to discover and interpreter new facts and relationships”.
According to payton
“Research is a systematic, controlled, empirical and critical investigation of hypothetical proposition about the presumed relations among natural phenomena”.
According to Charles
“Research is a careful inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles, a diligent investigation to ascertain something.”
It can also be expressed as follows:
- R-Rational way of thinking
- E-Expect and exhaustive treatment
- S-Search for solution
- E-Exactness
- A-Analytical analysis of adequate data
- R-Relationship of facts
- C-Careful recording and critical observation
- H-Honesty and hard work
“Research is the systematic collection collection, analysis, and interpretation of data to answer a certain question or solve a problem.”
