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Application of Research

This document summarizes different types of research including social research, educational research, managerial/business/commercial research, and scientific research. Social research aims to understand and analyze social life in order to verify and expand existing knowledge. Educational research seeks to improve educational practices through effective teaching methods and evaluation. Managerial/business research assists with decision making, projects, policies, and understanding economic and customer factors. Scientific research follows the scientific method using empirical evidence, objective analysis, and logical reasoning.

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Application of Research

This document summarizes different types of research including social research, educational research, managerial/business/commercial research, and scientific research. Social research aims to understand and analyze social life in order to verify and expand existing knowledge. Educational research seeks to improve educational practices through effective teaching methods and evaluation. Managerial/business research assists with decision making, projects, policies, and understanding economic and customer factors. Scientific research follows the scientific method using empirical evidence, objective analysis, and logical reasoning.

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Application of research/ research

in various fields
Social research

 Scientific investigation conducted in social sciences and behavioural sciences


 Understanding, studying and analysing of social life in order to modify, correct or
verify the existing knowledge as a system
 Aids in construction of a theory or in the practice of an art
 Connection between various human activities and natural laws
 Understanding human behaviour and social interactions
 Prediction of social events
 Verifying existing theories
• Understanding human • Understand cause
behaviour and effect
• Acquisition of new relationship
knowledge • Curiosity and
• increased knowledge of necessity
social variables • Discover new
concepts, theories
and techniques

Objectives Motivating
factors

• Greater control over social


phenomenon
• Necessary information in
social planning Assumptions • Unbiased study
• Dispelling superstitions and Utility • Based on natural laws
ignorance • Representative
• Predict social facts • Cause and effect
• Unfold and identify the cause • Changeable
of social evils • homogeneous
EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH

 Development of a science of behaviour in educational situations


 Provision of knowledge through effective methods
 Improvement of educational practices
 Better education means
 development and formulation of infrastructural aims,
 better motivation of students,
 better teaching methods
 better evaluation, supervision and administration
• Effective methods • Problem solving • Curriculum

NATURE
PURPOSE

PROBLEMS
of instruction, • Systematic and • Text books and
techniques of accurate syllabi
evaluation, • Involves • School
learning materials hypothesis organisation
etc • Logical and • Skills
• Systematic objective • Methods of
research saves • Interdisciplinary teaching
money, time and
• Statistical and • Socio-economic
energy
empirical testing conditions
MANAGERIAL/
BUSINESS/COMMERCIAL RESEARCH
 Decision making
 Project
 Policy
 Controlling
 Economic and business environmental
 Market
 Product development
 Innovation
 Customer satisfaction
 Profit and promotional
 Corporate image
SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

 Research that makes use of scientific method


 Based on articles of faith
 Reliance on empirical evidence
 Use of relevant concepts
 Commitment to objectivity
 Ethical neutrality
 Generalization
 Verifiability
 Logical reasoning process

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