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Thank you! Research Methodology Prof. Piyadasa Ranasinghe Department of Library and Information Science, University of Kelaniya’ 26/02/2011 What is research? “A careful, systematic , patient study and investigation in some field of knowledge, undertaken to establish facts or princilpes” (Grinnell, 1993:4) It is a discovery (Rediscovery); A voyage from the known to the unknown An effort to be closer to the truth Characteristics It is controlled. In real life for an outcome there could be many affecting factors. In a study of cause and effect relationships one has to link effects with causes and causes with effects. Establishment of this linkage is impossible unless it is a laboratory test. Therefore instead of controlling external factors we have to quantify the impact of such factors. Contd., It is rigorous. Procedures followed to find answers to a problem must be relevant, appropriate and justifiable. Researcher needs to be very careful about this. It is systematic. Procedures adopted for a research should follow a logical sequence. Some procedures must follow others. It should be valid and verifiable. Your research conclusion based on findings should be correct and can be verified by you as well as others. Contd., It is empirical. The conclusions of the research should be based on evidence gathered from information collected from real life experiences/ observations It is critical. Research procedures and methods applied should withstand critical scrutiny. They must be foolproof and free from drawbacks Research process- Steps 1. Formulation a of a research problem 2. Creation of a research design 3. Constructing instruments for data collection 4. Selecting a sample 5.Writing the research proposal 6. Collecting data 7. Processing data 8. Writing the report Formulating research problem Tasks: Literature review Formulating the research problem Identifying variables Constructing hypotheses Literature review To make your research problem clear and bring focus into