IMPORTANCE OF

RESEARCH
• Research is a tool for building knowledge.
Research is done in the academe, business sector, professions and many
other organizations. This is done to ascertain if ideas are supported by
previous studies or if the ideas still need proof to be considered as
knowledge. It is important in developing new products and services
leading to innovations. For example, research is done to study and find
possible cures for diseases, as well as preventive measures, increase
productivity of crops, boost profitability, etc.
• Means to understand various issues.
In the media, radio, television and in prints, research play a vital role for the writers and
actors who gather information, conduct interviews and document events. Apart from
gathering first hand information, research involves reading or gathering information
through literatures, biographies or journals in order to have a better view or context of the
story. Researches shed light on issues that are known to have not existed, as in the cases
of writers who create good story out of imagination or fiction.
• A way to prove lies and support truths.
Research is conducted to test the validity and reliability of issues. Across
fields and even in common life s situations, research is manifested. Finding
out the truth entails researching.
• A seed to love reading, writing, analyzing and sharing valuable
information.
Reading and writing are essential in conducting research. Without these
literacy skills, one cannot go through research. Reading widens the horizon
of knowledge while writing makes the reader transform the information into
a more concrete idea using his/her own perspective to be understood.
Relative to reading and writing, listening and speaking are integrated in
doing research. Through interviews, attending knowledge-generating
events, listening to experts or casual talks with anyone who can contribute
to the research topic, critical thinking process is facilitated. People involved
in research are able to share information after gathering wide array of
ideas. This process becomes a means to boost ego or stimulate interest
and encourage to do further studies.
Research hones basic life skills and make learning a life-long endeavor with
a person s improved social and economic mobility.
• Nourishment and exercise for the mind.
Men are always curious letting the mind to seek for answers. Particularly in
scientific research, students develop critical reasoning skills. The search for
knowledge or validity of topics allows creativity and logic to remain active,
thus the thinking process serves as food for the brain.
Research and doing research encourage people to explore possibilities, to
understand existing issues, and to disclose truths and fabricated ones.
Without research, technological advancement and other developments
could have remained a fantasy. Reading, writing, observing, analyzing,
and interacting with others facilitate an inquisitive mind's quest for
knowledge. Research serves as an instrument to achieve that goal.
Purpose of Research
• Research is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous works,
solve new and or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories.

• An expansion or past work in a field.

• A replication of new elements of prior projects or the whole project in order to test the
validity of instruments, procedures or experiments.

• Research corrects and expands perceptions.

• Gathers information on subjects or phenomena that are lacking or have little

knowledge about.

• Develops and evaluates concepts, practices and theories.

• Obtains knowledge for practical purposes like problem solving on current issues or
conditions, for example, population increase, drug addition, crimes and others.

• Provides hard facts which serve as bases for planning, decision-making, project
implementation and evaluation.
• Accuracy. Correct and accurate data. Footnotes, notes and bibliographical entries should honestly
and appropriately documented and acknowledged. Makes use of precise language and describes
study accurately so that replication and extension may be done and the results used correctly.

• Objectiveness/Objectivity. Deal with facts, not mere opinions arising from assumptions,
generalizations, predictions or conclusions. To both procedures and characteristics, this refers to the
data produced based on the collection and analysis procedures. To the layman, it means unbiased,
open minded, not subjective. Objectives should be clear, determine relevance, provide a link to the
research problem and establish sources of information on the research problem).

• Timeliness. Fresh, new interesting topics to the present.

• Relevance. Topics must be instrumental in improving society or in solving problems affecting the
lives of people in a community.

• Clarity. It must succeed in expressing its central point or discoveries by using simple, direct,
concise and correct language.

• Systematic. It must take place in an organized or orderly manner.

• Verification/Verifiable. Results obtained maybe confirmed or revised in subsequent research

(replicable).