RESEARCH IS A SYSTEMATIC PROCESS OF

SOLVING A PROBLEM OR FINDING

ANSWERS TO AN INQUIRY.
RESEARCH ALSO SEEKS TO UNDERSTAND PEOPLE IN
VARIOUS GROUPS, INCLUDING INDIGENOUS ONES, TO
BRING FORTH THE IDEAS OF INCLUSIVITY AND THE
‘NO ONE LEFT BEHIND’ PRINCIPLE IN THE COURSE OF
HUMAN ADVANCEMENT.
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
THE WORD RESEARCH WAS COINED FROM TWO WORDS:
THE PREFIX RE, WHICH MEANS “AGAIN,” AND THE WORD
SEARCH, MEANING “TO LOOK FOR SOMETHING.”
WHAT IS TO LOOK FOR IN THE RESEARCH
PROCESS?
NEW IDEAS, IMPROVE CERTAIN PROCESSES, CREATE
SOMETHING USEFUL OUT OF SOMETHING OLD EXPLAIN A
SERIES OF OBSERVATIONS, OR LOOK AT SOMETHING IN A
DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE USING A NEW INVESTIGATIVE
LENS.
AIMS OF RESEARCH

ASIDE FROM ITS GOAL TO IMPROVE THE QUALITY OF LIFE,

RESEARCH HAS THE FOLLOWING AIMS:
1. VERIFICATION OF EXISTING KNOWLEDGE

RESEARCH IS AIMED AT VERIFYING OR PROVING

THE VERACITY OF EXISTING THEORIES OR
KNOWLEDGE.
2. ACQUISITION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE

RESEARCH ALSO BRINGS FORTH NEW IDEAS

REGARDING A THEORY OR EVEN CREATE A TOTALLY
NEW THEORY.
3. APPLICATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE

IT IS ONLY THROUGH UTILIZING THE RESULTS OF

RESEARCH THAT ONE CAN TRULY FULFIL THE
ULTIMATE PURPOSE OF RESEARCH, THAT IS, TO
ALLEVIATE PEOPLE’S QUALITY OF LIFE.
4. ADVANCEMENT OF THE RESEARCHER’S
EXPERTISE
AS RESEARCHERS CONDUCT MORE INVESTIGATIONS,
THEY DO NOT ONLY VERIFY THEORIES OR DISCOVER
NEW IDEAS AND TECHNOLOGIES, BUT ALSO GAIN
RELEVANT EXPERIENCES THAT ENHANCE AND DEEPEN
THEIR KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS IN THE AREA OF THEIR
INVESTIGATIONS.
FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH
FUNCTIONS OF RESEARCH

1] EXPLORATION
2] DESCRIPTION
3] EXPLANATION
1. EXPLORATION

WHEN THE PURPOSE IS TO PROVIDE A

FOUNDATION FOR FUTURE STUDIES, THE
RESEARCH IS CALLED EXPLORATORY
INVESTIGATION.
2. DESCRIPTION

WHEN THE PURPOSE IS TO GIVE ADDITIONAL

INFORMATION ON NEWLY DISCOVERED IDEAS
THAT ARE RESULTS OF EXPLORATION, IT IS CALLED
DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH.
3. EXPLANATION
THIS TASK OF LOOKING AT HOW THINGS ARE
CONNECTED AND HOW THEY INTERACT IS THE
PRIMARY PURPOSE OF EXPLANATORY RESEARCH.
THIS TYPE OF RESEARCH AIMS TO EXPLAIN
RELATIONSHIPS EXISTING BETWEEN VARIABLES,
QUANTITATIVELY OR QUALITATIVELY.
CHARACTERISTICS OF RESEARCH
COLLECTING
1] CYCLICAL
ORGANIZING
2] LOGICAL DATA
ANALYZING
3] ANALYTICAL
INTERPRETING
4] REALISTIC
CYCLICAL
IT STARTS WITH A PROBLEM AND ENDS WITH
ANOTHER. AS SOON AS A RESEARCH QUESTION IS
ANSWERED OTHER QUESTIONS MAY ARISE.
THESE NEW QUESTIONS MAY REFINE THE
ANSWERS GENERATED, FINE-TUNE THE RESEARCH
METHODS, OR MODIFY THE ANSWERED RESEARCH
QUESTION.
LOGICAL
RESEARCH FOLLOWS VALID, DEFINITE PRINCIPLES,
FRAMEWORKS, AND PROCEDURES. THERE ARE
PROPER, LOGICAL, AND ETHICAL APPROACHES TO
SEARCH FOR ANSWERS TO A SPECIFIC RESEARCH
QUESTION.
ANALYTICAL
AFTER EMPLOYING STRICTLY AND CORRECTLY THE
PREDETERMINED PROCEDURE AND GATHERING
EMPIRICAL DATA, THE LATTER MUST BE ANALYSED
TO ELICIT THE DESIRED MEANING FROM THE
OBTAINED INFORMATION.
ANALYTICAL
IT IS ONLY THROUGH THIS PROCESS THAT
RESEARCH RESULTS BECOME RELEVANT NOT ONLY
TO THE PEOPLE WHO PARTICIPATED IN THE
INVESTIGATION BUT ALSO TO THOSE WHO SHARE
SIMILAR CHARACTERISTICS.
REALISTIC
THOSE DERIVED FROM ACTUAL OBSERVATIONS OF
A PHENOMENON, INTERVIEWS OF PEOPLE WHO
HAVE WITNESSED AN INCIDENT, ANALYSIS OF
FIRST HAND DOCUMENT SOURCES, EXCAVATION OF
ARTIFACTS, AND OTHER ACTIONS THAT YIELD
VALID EVIDENCE OF ONE’S INVESTIGATIONS.