Important Study Notes on Research Aptitude UGC NET …

1 April 25, 2020 Important Study Notes on Research Aptitude UGCNET Paper NET Study materiel on Research Topics for NET Exam has beencovered entirely based on topics provided in the the 7 Parts series which can be referred using below, the first six partscontain Important short Study Notes useful for your paper 1 preparationwhile the 7th part contains solved question papers of last almost 12 yearsMCQ Question which is asked in the previous examination. Please sequentially go through them to understand them in better ways. Unit-II Research AptitudeIntroduction After reading this blog, you should be able to answer most of the frequently askedQuestion from Research Methodology Aptitude question asked in the variousexamination. This is specially collected Key Study Material of Research Aptitude ForUGC NET Exam and also Important for various SET examination as they are based onthe same going through this blog you will learn the key concepts in Research which areimportant for UGC NET preparation.

2 For the sake of simplicity, the content has been1/16divided into 30 ! its long article ..in case you wish to read offline you candownload the PDF format at the end of the is Research ? What are the different types of Research ?Definition of Research : Research is a logical and systematic search for new and useful information on aparticular the well-known nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, How I Wonder What You Are The use of the words how and what essentially summarizes what Research is. It is aninvestigation of finding solutions to scientific and social problems through objective andsystematic is a search for knowledge, that is, a discovery of hidden truths. Here knowledgemeans information about matters. The information might be collected from differentsources like experience, human beings, books, journals, nature, etc. Research can leadto new contributions to existing through Research is it possible to make progress in a field.

3 Research is indeedcivilization and determines the economic, social and political development of a results of scientific Research very often force a change in the philosophical view ofproblems which extend far beyond the restricted domain of science of ResearchThe prime objectives of the Research are :to discover new factsto verify and test Important factsto analyses an event or process or phenomenon to identify the cause and effectrelationshipto develop new scientific tools, concepts and theories to solve and understandscientific and nonscientific problemsto find solutions to scientific, nonscientific and social problems andto overcome or solve the problems occurring in our everyday is not confined to science and technology only. There are vast areas ofresearch in other disciplines such as languages, literature, history and might be the subject, Research has to be an active, diligent and systematicprocess of inquiry to discover, interpret or revise facts, events, behaviours and the outcome of Research for the refinement of knowledge in other subjects, orin enhancing the quality of human life also becomes a kind of Research to Redman and Mory (1923), Research is a systematized effortto gain new knowledge.

4 In simple terms Research refers to a search forknowledge. It is a scientific and systematic search for information on aparticular topic or issue. It is also known as the art of Types of ResearchThere are different types of Research . The basic ones are as Versus AnalyticalDescriptive Research consists of surveys and fact-finding inquiries of differenttypes. The main objective of descriptive Research is describing the state of affairsas it prevails at the time of the Study . The term ex-post facto Research is quiteoften used for descriptive Research studies in social sciences and businessresearch. The most distinguishing feature of this method is that the researcher hasno control over the variables here. He/she has to only report what is happening orwhat has majority of the ex-post facto Research projects are used for descriptive studiesin which the researcher attempts to examine phenomena, such as the consumers preferences, the frequency of purchases, shopping, the inability of the researchers to control the variables, ex-post-factostudies may also comprise attempts by them to discover the causes of the selectedproblem.

5 The methods of Research adopted in conducting descriptive Research aresurvey methods of all kinds, including correlation and comparative , in Analytical Research , the researcher has to use the already availablefacts or the information and analyze them to make a critical evaluation of Versus FundamentalResearch can also be applied or fundamental. An attempt to find a solution to animmediate problem encountered by a firm, an industry, a business organization,or the society is known as applied Research . Researchers engaged in suchresearches aim at drawing certain conclusions confronting a concrete social orbusiness the other hand, fundamental Research mainly concerns the generalizations andformulation of a theory. In other words, Gathering knowledge for knowledge ssake is termed pure or basic Research (Young in Kothari, 1988). Researchesrelating to pure mathematics or concerning some natural phenomenon areinstances of Fundamental Research .

6 Likewise, studies focusing on humanbehaviour also fall under the category of fundamental , while the principal objective of applied Research is to find a solution to somepressing the practical problem, the objective of basic Research is to findinformation with a broad base of application and add to the already existingorganized body of scientific Versus QualitativeQuantitative Research relates to aspects that can be quantified or can be expressedin terms of quantity. It involves the measurement of quantity or amount. Variousavailable statistical and econometric methods are adopted for analysis in suchresearch. Which includes correlation, regressions and time series analysis etcOn the other hand, Qualitative Research is concerned with qualitative phenomena,or more specifically, the aspects related to or involving quality or kind. Forexample, an Important type of qualitative Research is Motivation Research , whichinvestigates into the reasons for certain human behaviour.

7 The main aim of thistype of Research is discovering the underlying motives and desires of humanbeings by using in-depth interviews. The other techniques employed in suchresearch are story completion tests, sentence completion tests, word associationtests, and othersimilar projective Research is particularly significant in the context of behaviouralsciences, which aim at discovering the underlying motives of human Research helps to analyses the various factors that motivate human beings tobehave in a certain manner, besides contributing to an understanding of whatmakes individuals like or dislike a particular thing. However, it is worth notingthat conducting qualitative Research in practice is considered a difficult , while undertaking such Research , seeking guidance from experiencedexpert researchers is Versus EmpiricalThe Research related to some abstract idea or theory is known as ConceptualResearch.

8 Generally, philosophers and thinkers use it for developing new conceptsor for reinterpreting the existing Research , on the other hand, exclusively relies on the observation orexperience with hardly any regard for theory and system. Such Research is data-based, which often comes up with conclusions that can be verified throughexperiments or Research is also known as the experimental type of Research , in which itis Important to first collect the facts and their sources and actively take steps tostimulate the production of desired information. In this type of Research , theresearcher first formulates a working hypothesis and then gathers sufficient factsto prove or disprove the stated hypothesis. He/she formulates the experimentaldesign, which according to him/her would manipulate the variables, to obtain thedesired information. This type of Research is thus characterized by the researcher scontrol over the variables under simple term, empirical Research is most appropriate when an attempt is madeto prove that certain variables influence the other variables in some , the results obtained by using the experimental or empirical studies areconsidered to be the most powerful evidence for a given Types Of ResearchThe remaining types of Research are variations of one or more of the above-mentionedtype of vary in terms of the purpose of Research , or the time required to complete it, ormaybe based on some other similar factor.

9 Based on time, Research may either be likeone-time or longitudinal time-series Research . While the Research is restricted toa single period in the former case, it is conducted over several time-periods in the upon the environment in which the Research is to be conducted, it can alsobe laboratory researchor field-setting Research , or simulation Research , besides being diagnostic orclinical. Under such Research , in-depth approaches or case Study method may beemployed to analyze the basic causal relations. These studies usually undertake adetailed in-depth analysis of the causes of certain events of interest and use very smallsamples and sharp data collection Research may also be explanatory. Formalized Research studies consist ofsubstantial structure and specific hypotheses to be verified. As regards to historicalresearch, sources like historical documents, remains, etc.

10 Are utilized to Study pastevents or ideas. It also includes philosophy of persons and groups of the past or anyremote point of of Research can be looked at from three differentperspectivesFundamental or basic research5/16 Basic Research is an investigation of basic principles and reasons for theoccurrence of a particular event or process or phenomenon. It is also calledtheoretical Research . Study or investigation of some natural phenomenon orrelating to pure science are termed as basic researches some times may not lead to immediate use or application. It isnot concerned with solving any practical problems of immediate interest. But it isoriginal or basic. It provides a systematic and deep insight into a problem andfacilitates the extraction of scientific and logical explanation and conclusion on helps build new frontiers of knowledge. The outcomes of basic Research formthe basis for much-applied Research .