True or False:

1. Research must be hurriedly

conducted.
2. There should be enough data before
conducting research.
3. Research must observe a step-by-
step process.
4. The researcher must have the final
say in his or her findings.
5. A person’s opinion is acceptable
and considered as an answer to
the question asked by the
researcher.
6. Any concern or issue confronted
by the students is researchable.
7. The student-researcher must
read literature related to the
problem he or she is studying.
8. The researcher must avoid
listening to another
researcher to have an
objective view of his or her
study.
9. The steps in the
conducting research are
patterned.
Choose the words below that are related to the definition of research.

• investigation •experiences
• subjective •discovery
• biases •dreams
• literature •data
•interview
• theories
•teleserye
• system •instrument
• phenomena •productivity
• intuition •Validate
•guessing
•factual
•opinions
• Using all the sentences you checked (3)
in Activity A and the encircled words in
Activity B, formulate a good and
acceptable definition of research.

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 DEFINITION OF RESEARCH
1. Research follows a step-by-step process
of investigation that uses a standardized
approach in answering questions or
solving problems (Polit & Beck, 2004).
2. Research plays an important role in
tertiary education. Though there are many
problems confronted by higher education,
developments are realized through
research. After all, its main purpose is to
answer a question or to solve an issue
(Palispis, 2004).
3. Research is a continuous
undertaking of making known the
unknown (Sanchez, 2002). It entails
an investigation of new facts leading
to the discovery of new ideas,
methods, or improvements. It is an
attempt to widen one’s outlook in life.
It always proceeds from the known to
the unknown. Thus, the end of
research is to arrive at a new truth.
4. Research is an
investigation following
ordered steps leading to
a discovery of new
information or concepts
(Sanchez, 1999).
5. Research is a very careful
investigation of something
that purports the
contribution of additional or
new knowledge and wisdom
(Bassey, as cited by
Coleman & Briggs, 2002).
6. Research is a tested approach of
thinking and employing validated
instruments and steps in order to
obtain a more adequate solution
to a problem that is otherwise
impossible to address under
ordinary means (Crawford, as
cited by Alcantara & Espina,
1995).
CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH

1.The research
should be
systematic.
2. The
research
should be
objective.
3. The
research
should be
feasible.
4. The
research
should be
empirical.
5. The
research
should be
clear.
 ROLES OF THE RESEARCHER
1. As principal investigator
2. As member of a research team
3. As identifier of researchable
problems
4. As evaluator of research findings
5. As user of research findings
6. As patient or client advocate during
study
7. As subject/respondent/participant
IMPORTANCE OF RESEARCH

1. Research provides a
scientific basis for any
practice or
methodology in any
field or discipline.
2. Research is
undertaken for the
continuous
development and
further productivity in
any field.
3. Research helps
develop tools for
assessing
effectiveness of any
practice and
operation .
4. Research provides
solutions to problems
concerning almost all
issues encountered in
the different areas of
work.
5. Research
impacts
decision-
making.
6. Research develops
and evaluates
alternative
approaches to the
educational aspects of
any discipline.
7. Research aims to
advance the
personal and
professional
qualifications of a
practitioner.
 GOALS FOR CONDUCTING RESEARCH

1. To produce evidence-based practice.

2. To establish credibility in the
profession
3. To observe accountability for the
profession.
4. To promote cost-effectiveness
through documentation.
Write TRUE if the statement is
correct, FALSE if it is incorrect.
1. Research entails an investigation of
new facts leading to the discovery of
new ideas, methods, or
improvements.
2. The microsystem is the composition
of chapters organized in a logical and
scientific manner.
3. In settings like the community,
school, or workplace, unusual
phenomena may happen and can
turn into potential problems.
4. Plagiarism constitutes claiming
another person’s idea or intellectual
property as one’s own.
5. Research provides an artistic basis
for any practice or methodology in
any field or discipline
6. According to Crawford,
researchers serve different roles
in a study such as principal
investigator, member of a
research team, financier of the
study, among others.
7. Research aims to advance the
personal and professional
qualifications of a practitioner
8. One of the goals of research
is to produce results-based
practice.
9. Every action conducted by a
professional must have a
rationale.
10. Research promotes cost-
effectiveness through
documentation.