Problem

Formulation
&
Statement of
Research
Objective
By:- AMAN BHATTACHARYA
ABHISHEK KUMAR
Ambikesh Dwivedi
Arvind Gupta
Arvind Soni
What is Research

Research is the systematic process of collecting

and analyzing information (data) by which
investigation undertaken in order to discover new
facts.

“Research is a systematized effort to gain new

knowledge”. -Redman and
Mory.
 Problem Formulation
A problem well defined is a problem half solved!

Failure to properly identify where you are headed and why will
inevitably lead you to wonder where you are and how you got there!
Problem Formulation

 Initial State
 The initial state of the problem, defined in a
suitable manner

 Operator(s)
 An action or a set of actions that moves the
problem from one state to another
Cont.……

 State Space
 The set of all states reachable from the
initial state
 Goal Test
 A test applied to a state which returns true
if we have reached a state that solves the
problem
 Path Cost
 How much it costs to take a particular path
Objectives of Research
 The purpose of research is to discover answers through the
application of scientific procedures.
 The objectives are:

 To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new

insights into it – Exploratory or Formulative Research.
 To portray accurately the characteristics of a particular
individual, situation or a group – Descriptive Research.
 To determine the frequency with which something occurs or
with which it is associated with something else – Diagnostic
Research.
 To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between
variables – Hypothesis-Testing Research.
Tha n k Yo u !