RESEARCH APTITUDE PART 1 FOR NET PAPER 1

• RESEARCH APTITUDE PART 1
  PAPER 1 FOR NET COMMERCE/MANAGEMENT/ECONOMICS
  MEANING OF RESEARCH

1. RESEARCH IS ACTUALLY JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY. HUMANS SINCE AGES HAVE BEEN TRYING TO DISCOVER BETTER METHODS OF DOING ROUTINE THINGS,A BETTER EXPLANATIONS FOR WHY THINGS HAPPEN IN PARTICULAR MANNER AND BETTER ANSWERS TO RECURRING PROBLEMS
2. RESEARCH PROVIDE US WITH THE RIGHT KIND OF INFORMATION THAT HELPS US IN SUCCESSFULLY DEALING WITH PROBLEMS
3. RESEARCH IS AN ORGANIZED AND SYSTEMATIC STUDY OF MATERIALS AND SOURCES IN ORDER TO DISCOVER NEW THINGS AND ESTABLISH FACTS AND REACH NEW CONCLUSIONS
4. RESEARCH INVOLVES A WELL DEVELOPED PLAN,A SYSTEMATIC APPROACH TO DEVELOPING NEW THEORIES OR FINDING SOLUTIONS TO VARIOUS PROBLEMS
5. MEANING OF RESEARCH
6. RESEARCH COMPRISE OF TWO WORD RE + SEARCH
7. RE MEANS AGAIN AND SEARCH MEANS TO FIND OUT
8. RESEARCH IS RE-SEARCH I.E REVISIT ON THE EARLIER FINDING WITH THE INTENTION OF CORRELATING WITH THEM NEWLY  DISCOVERED FACTS
9. THE ENCYCLOPEDIA OF SOCIAL SCIENCES HAS DESCRIBED RESEARCH AS ,” CRITICAL AND EXHAUSTIVE INVESTIGATION OR EXPERIMENTATION HAVING AS ITS AIM THE REVISION OF ACCEPTED CONCLUSIONS IN THE LIGHT OF NEWLY DISCOVERED FACTS.
10. RESEARCH IS DEFINED AS THE CREATION OF NEW KNOWLEDGE AND USE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE IN A NEW AND CREATIVE WAYS SO AS TO GENERATE NEW CONCEPTS,METHODOLOGIES AND UNDERSTANDING.

• DEFINITION
• ACCORDING TO COOK,” RESEARCH IS AN ACRONYM  OF THE FOLLOWING THAT DEFINES ITS ESSENCE

1. R=RATIONAL WAY OF THINKING
2. E= EXPERT AND EXHAUSTIVE TREATMENT
3. S= SEARCH AND SOLUTION
4. E= EXACTNESS
5. A= ANALYSIS
6. R= RELATIONSHIP OF FACTS
7. C= CRITICAL OBSERVATION,CAREFUL PLANNING,CONSTRUCTIVE ATTITUDE AND CONDENSED GENERALIZATION
8. H = HONESTY AND HARD WORKING

• CLIFF WOODY ,” A METHOD FOR THE DISCOVERY OF TRUTH WHICH IS REALLY METHOD OF CRITICAL THINKING. IT COMPRISES OF DEFINING AND REDEFINING PROBLEMS,FORMULATING HYPOTHESIS OR SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS: COLLECTING  AND ORGANIZING AND EVALUATING DATA AND MAKING DEDUCTIONS AND REACHING CONCLUSIONS AND AT LAST CAREFULLY TESTING THE CONCLUSIONS TO DETERMINE WHETHER THEY FIT THE FORMULATING HYPOTHESIS.
• THIS DEFINITION REVEALS THE FOLLOWING FACTS:

1. A CLEAR DEFINITION OF THE PROBLEM
2. FORMULATION OF HYPOTHESIS
3. COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA
4. RELATING AND FINDING TO EXISTING THEORIES AND EARLIER FORMULATED HYPOTHESIS

• MEANING OF RESEARCH
• RESEARCH IS A THROUGH,ORDERLY,ORGANIZED,EFFICIENT AND LOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS OF AN AREA OF KNOWLEDGE OR PROBLEM

1. CURIOSITY: RESEARCH BEGINS WITH A BROAD QUESTION THAT NEEDS AN ANSWER. A REVIEW OF THE SIMILAR RESEARCH NARROWS THE SCOPE OF RESEARCH TO MANAGEABLE AND REALISTIC QUESTIONS
2. THEORY ( HYPOTHESIS) RESEARCH CREATES A THEORY TO BE PROVED FROM THE QUESTION,THE RESEARCHER MAINTAIN AN AWARENESS OF THE LIMITATION OF THE BUDGET,TIME AND TECHNOLOGY ON EXPERIMENTS NEEDED TO ANSWER THE QUESTION

3. EXPERIMENT:- RESEARCHERS DESIGN AN EXPERIMENT WITH STEPS TO TEST AND EVALUATE THE THEORY AND GENERATE DATA
4. OBSERVATION “ OBSERVING AND RECORDING THE RESULTS OF THE EXPERIMENTS GENERATES RAW DATA TO PROVE OR DISAPPROVE
5. ANALYSIS:- STATISTICAL ANALYSIS ON THE DATA
6. CONCLUSIONS : EITHER PROVE OR DISAPPROVE

• OBJECTIVE OF THE RESEARCH

1. TO SEEK INSIGHT INTO AN OBSERVED PHENOMENON AND EXPLAIN ITS LOGIC AND REASONING OF HAPPENING
2. TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY AND METHODOLOGY OF DOING THINGS WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN DONE SO FAR
3. TO IMPROVE THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE PRESENT SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES
4. TO EXPLORE NEW AREAS
5. TO TEST A HYPOTHESIS OF A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO VARIABLES
6. TO ANALYZE THE PAST DATA FOR DISCOVERING TRENDS.PATTERNS AND RELATIONSHIPS

• PURPOSE OF RESEARCH
• DESCRIBING AND EXPLAINING : ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE AND ESTABLISHING FACTS    AND DEVELOPING NEW METHODS
• PREDICTION: PREDICTION ARE USUALLY STATED AS HYPOTHESES
• CONTROL: SUCCESSFUL VERIFICATION OF THE HYPOTHESES. CONTROL REPRESENTS THE WAY IN WHICH RESEARCH CAN BE APPLIED TO REAL PROBLEMS AND SITUATIONS WHICH HELP US TO SHAPE OUR ENVIRONMENT.
• MOTIVATION TO DO THE RESEARCH

1. TO FULFILL AN ACADEMIC REQUIREMENT
2. TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF THE SOCIETY
3. FOR ENJOYMENT SOME PEOPLE ENJOY THE INTELLECTUAL CHALLENGE OF THE CREATIVE WORK
4. A RESEARCHER MAY BE CALLED UPON TO STUDY A  SPECIFIED PHENOMENON
5. TO GENERATE NEW THEORIES,CONFIRM EXISTING ONE OR DISAPPROVE THEM
6. CONTRIBUTING TO THE EXISTING KNOWLEDGE

• TYPES OF RESEARCH ON THE BASIS OF OUTCOME

BASIC OR  FUNDAMENTAL RESEARCH:

1.     PURE RESEARCH

2.     CONDUCTED MAINLY TO IMPROVE OUR UNDERSTANDING OF GENERAL ISSUES WITHOUT ANY FOCUS ON IMMEDIATE APPLICATION

3.     MOST ACADEMIC FORM OF RESEARCH

4.     CONTRIBUTION TO KNOWLEDGE USUALLY FOR THE GENERAL GOOD NOT SOLVING A SPECIFIC PROBLEM FOR THE ORGANIZATION

• FORMS IN WHICH IT IS TO BE CONDUCTED:

1. DISCOVERY: TOTALLY NEW IDEA
2. INVENTION:NEW TECHNIQUE OR METHOD
3. REFLECTION : REEXAMINING THE EXISTING THEORIES IN NEW SITUATIONS

• TYPES OF RESEARCH ON THE BASIS OF OUTCOME
• APPLIED RESEARCH:NEED BASES RESEARCH HAVING HIGH PRACTICAL RELEVANCE

1. APPLIED RESEARCH IS DESIGNED TO SOLVE PRACTICAL PROBLEMS OF THE MODERN WORLD RATHER THAN ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE FOR KNOWLEDGE’ SAKE
2. THE GOAL OF THE APPLIED SCIENTIST IS TO IMPROVE THE HUMAN CONDITIONS
3. LIKE APPLIED RESEARCHER MAY INVESTIGATE :
4. HOW TO IMPROVE AGRICULTURE YIELD
5. TREAT OR CURE A SPECIFIC  DISEASE

• TYPES OF RESEARCH ON THE BASIS OF OBJECTIVES

1. DESCRIPTIVE
2. COR RELATIONAL
3. EXPLANATORY
4. EXPLORATORY
5. EXPERIMENTAL

• DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH

1. QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
2. USED TO OBTAIN INFORMATION CONCERNING THE CURRENT STATUS OF THE PHENOMENON WITH RESPECT OT VARIABLE OR CONDITIONS IN A SITUATIONS
3. INFORMATION IS COLLECTED WITHOUT CHANGING THE ENVIRONMENT
4. IT IS ANY STUDY THAT IS NOT TRULY EXPERIMENTAL
5. IT INCLUDES SURVEY AND FACT FINDING INQUIRIES WITH ADEQUATE INTERPRETATION
6. THE METHODS INVOLVE RANGE FROM THE SURVEY WHICH DESCRIBES THE STATUS QUO,THE CORRELATION STUDY WHICH INVESTIGATES THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VARIABLES TO DEVELOPMENT STUDIES WHICH SEEK TO DETERMINE THE CHANGES OVER TIME

• EXAMPLES

1. NATIONAL SAMPLE SURVEY AND CENSUS CAN BE TAKEN AS BEST EXAMPLE OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH
2. THE STUDY OF SOCIO ECONOMIC PROFILE OF   BRAND SWITCHING BEHAVIOR OF THE PROFILE OF CUSTOMERS OF  THE TELECOMMUNICATION SECTOR
3. STUDYING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TWO OR MORE VARIABLES ALSO FALLS UNDER THE SCOPE OF DESCRIPTIVE STUDIES

• ALSO COVER THE CAUSE AND EFFECT RELATIONSHIP AMONG VARIABLES FINDING OUT THE REASONS OF FALL IN ADMISSION IN COLLEGES
• TYPES OF DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH

1. SURVEY RESEARCH
2. COR RELATIONAL RESEARCH
3. EX POST FACTO RESEARCH
4. HISTORICAL RESEARCH
5. ANALYTICAL RESEARCH