Characteristics of Research are given below:
- Research attempts to solve a problem
- Research should be clearly defined and a common concept to be used.
- Research should be logical
- Research involves gathering new data form primary or first-hand sources or using existing data for a new purpose
- Research is based upon observable experience or empirical evidence
- Research demands accurate observation and description
- Research generally employs carefully designed procedures and rigorous analysis
- Research emphasizes the development of generalizations, principles, or theories that will help in understanding, predicting, and control
- Research requires expertise and familiarity with the field competence in methodology technical skill in collecting and analyzing the data
- Research attempt to find an objective, unbiased solution to the problem and takes great pain to validate the procedures employed
- Research is deliberate and unhurried activity which is directional but often refines the problem or questions as the research progress
- Research in carefully recorded and reported to other persons interested in the problems
- Research requires courage
- Research should be replicable
- Research should be systematic
- Research analysis should be sufficient
- Research procedure should be described in a sufficient way
- Research conclusion should be confined to justify the data of the research.
