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PURPOSE OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH

- To solve a problem
- To make a decision
- To develop and evaluate a new program, product, method or procedure
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2. BENEFITS OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH

3. CHARACTERISTICS OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH

 Empirical - based on observations and experimentation on theories
 Systematic - follows orderly and sequential procedure.
 Controlled - all variables except those that are tested/experimented upon are kept
constant.
 Employs hypothesis - guides the investigation process
 Analytical - There is critical analysis of all data used so that there is no error in their
interpretation
 Objective, Unbiased, & Logical - all findings are logically based on empirical
 Employs quantitative or statistical methods - data are transformed into numerical
measures and are treated statistically.

4. IMPORTANCE OF PRACTICAL RESEARCH

- Research is essential to find out which treatments work better for patients. ... Research can
find answers to things that are unknown, filling gaps in knowledge and changing the way
that healthcare professionals work. Some of the common aims for conducting research
studies are to: Diagnose diseases and health problems.

5. Practical research means actual doing or using of something rather than theories and ideas. It.
involves inquiry methods and immersion activities in order to achieve the correct information.

6. For EXAMPLE, cancer research is clearly practical research; or finding a cure to malaria; or
researching how to stop global warming.