Tahreen Taj

YPCRC

Yenepoya Pharmacy College & Research Centre

Yenepoya (Deemed to be University), Deralakatte, Mangaluru
• Process of discovering new knowledge.
• Creation of new knowledge/ use of existing
knowledge in a new and creative way to generate
new concepts, methodologies and understandings.

Goal
• To extend humans logic, mathematics, science,
history, humanities, philosophy.
• Perseverance of knowledge beyond what is
already known.
§ Research topic
§ Identifying a Research topic
§ Sources of Research Topic
§ Characteristics of Good Topics
§ Narrowing the Topic
§ Developing research Questions
§ Formulating hypothesis
§ Types of hypothesis
§ Summary
• Research topic is also called the Research
Problem or Purpose
• It is the first step in applying the
scientific research
• Research Topic will provide researcher future
structure and focus
• Initial topic may be broad and open but later
on it must be narrowed so that it may become
meaningful
• Thus researcher must identify a proper topic
Ø It is the foremost important to identify a
research topic from a general subject area
Ø Researcher have a certain expertise in the
selected subject area
Ø It must be of some interest to the Researcher
Ø Researcher is eager to solve a certain problem
in the research proposed topic
Ø It may be of some important guideline
for policy making etc.
v few sources for a researcher to trace and
identify a research Topic are:
v Theories: it is body of concepts and principles
that can be investigated e.g. theories of law
which caused development in legal research.
v Personal Experiences: questions which arise in
the mind of researcher during discussions,
study, group discussions , facing new problems
or hot debates etc.
v Previous Studies: previous studies may also help
v Library Search: Book study in a library helps the
researcher to emerge or refine a topic
v Electronic Mailing etc.: Researcher use email to
consult, get advice of peers and experts in the field.
v Emails and other sources of modern electronic
communication it is easy to access experts without
loss of time and labor. There are certain groups,
organizations who render services to researchers
and students.
v Electronic service is a good source for gathering
information to emerge a research topic.
v google, twitter, linkedin, blogs, e-libraries, e-books,
journals andresearch gates etc are a few sources
§ Topic must be interesting and researchable
§ A good topic is worth valuing both in terms of
time and efforts
§ Topic is to be more professional and more effective
§ It may contribute something to the society and
nation
§ Topic must be interesting & motivate the
researcher
§ A narrow topic save time and get more seriousness
of the researcher
▣ Initial topic selection it must be narrowed
down to a manageable one.
▣ Quantitative Research topic is narrowed easily
at initial stage unlike to the Qualitative
Research
▣ A narrow Topic eases the research in different
aspects including data collection and refining
the research
§ Topic must have a theoretical or practical
significance
§ It must cause in improvement of the existing
theories
§ Research must not be unethical or harmful to
any one
§ Topic must be manageable to the researcher
therefore mere interest is not sufficient
§ it can adequately be investigated by researcher
§ Research questions are said to breath life into
the research
§ It is like aims of a lesson
§ It suggests that researcher has a workable way
to proceed further
§ Research Question has a direct relation with
data collection strategies
§ The Research Questions must be specific and
narrow
▣ Hypothesis is expectation and prediction of
researcher
▣ It relates about variables in a research topic
▣ There may be a number of variables and thus a
number of hypothesis in single research
▣ Hypothesis is dealt in both qualitative and
quantitative researches
▣ A written statement will be part of research
plan of researcher
▣ There are different types of hypothesis
Ø Hypothesis may be inductive or deductive as
to how they are derived
Ø It may be directional or null hypothesis as to
how they are stated
Ø The inductive hypothesis is based on
generalization based on specific observations
e.g. less or more anxiety of students in different
test types
Ø In contrast deductive hypothesis is derived
from theory i.e. supports, expands or
contradicts the theory
▣ Selecting General area of study of interest
▣ Five main sources of research topics: theories,
experiences, previous studies, electronic
mailing and library
▣ Good topic is that which is interesting for
researcher and researchable
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