What is Research?

By Leedy Ormrod

What is Research?

1. Research originates with a questions or problem.
2. Research requires clear articulation of a goal.
3. Research requires a specific plan for proceeding
4. Research usually provides the principal problem into more manageable subproblem
5. Research is guided by the specific research problem, question, or hypothesis
6. Research accepts critical assumptions
7. Research requires the collection and interpretation of data in an attempt to resolve the problem that initiated the research
8. Research is, by nature, cylical, or more exactly, helical.

What is not Research?

1. Research is not mere information gathering
2. Researchis not mere transportation of facts from one location to another
3. Research is not a catchword used to get attention.
4. Research is not merely rummaging for information.