Research Process

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What is research process ?



Broadly, a research process is very similar to undertaking a journey. Suppose you want to go out for a drive. Before you star, you must decide where you want to go and then which route to take. If you know the route, you do not need to consult a map but, if you do not know the route then you need to use a map. Your problem is compounded if there is more than one route. You need to decide which one to take. Similarly, for a research journey there are also two important decisions to make. The first is decide what you want to find out about or in other words, what research questions you want to find answers to. Having decided upon your research questions or research problems, you then need to decide how to go about finding their answers. The path to finding answer of research questions constitutes research methodology. Just as there are sign posts along the way as you travel to your destination, so there are practical steps through which you must pass on your research journey in order to find the answers to your research questions.

Phase A                                                        Phase B                                             Phase C
Deciding                                                         Planing                                          Actual doing
   What                                                              How                                                 Collecting
(Research Question to answer)      (To gather evidence to                             (The required information)
                                                    answer the research Question)


 The research process : An Eight Step Model

Phase A : Deciding what
Step I : Formulating a research problem

Phase B : Planing how
Step II : Conceptualizing a research design
Step III : Constructing an instrument for data collection
Step IV: Selecting a sample
Step V : Writing a research proposal

Phase C: Actual doing
Step VI : Collecting data
Step VII: Processing data
Step VIII: Writing a research report

The scientific research process is a multiple step process where the steps are inter linked with each other steps. If changes are made in one step of the process, the researcher must review all the other steps to ensure that changes are reflected throughout the process. Thus, researchers need to understand the eight step of the research process.

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