STEPS IN CONDUCTING RESEARCH

STEPS OF CONDUCTING RESEARCH

• STEP-1 Necessity of Information :-

This is the first step in Research until there is no requirement to know there can't be any research, when a manager or researcher realise the fact he need an information ( for any cause) then only research will be initiated.

Until You Don't Want to Know Anything You will not go for Conducting Any Research.

• STEP-2 Problem Definition and Identifying Specifically what Information is Required:-

A Problem Well Defined is Solution Half Done

so if the researcher or manager is able to formulate the problem well, he will be able to find out what specific information is required otherwise, at the end he will be having a wrong set of data resulting in to irrelevant conclusions or solutions.

STEP-3 Defining the Objectives of Research :-

If you know what specific problem you have and what specific information you require then you can very well define the objective of research. The objective of research is a statement of problem and what you are expecting from the research.

If objective of research is not well defined it will result in to wastage of resources available.Will be time consuming and expensive, will yield half baked result which can harm better than doing any good.

Research Objective will help us follow the next steps in right perspectives...............

• STEP-4 Designing Research Methodology

The research objective will help you find out the appropriate research design, which is a frame work or blue print of the research which will guide the researcher in the right direction in the process of conducting the research.

Following Research Designs can be followed

Explorative Research

Descriptive Research

Conclusive Research

Analytical Research

Experimental Research

Causal Research

• STEP-5 Secondary Research :-

Research which is based on the data or information already collected by someone for some other use, which is available to the researcher and is relevant for the current topic of study.

• STEP-6 Analyse the data:-

Ascertain problem is real and not imaginary.
Solutions can be formulated from the secondary data or not
Is there any requirement for conducting primary research or not

• STEP-7 Primary Research

Research which is conducted based on the data collected by the researcher specifically for the topic under study.
Plan and formulate primary research
Conduct Primary Research

• STEP-8 Tabulation and analysing of data ( primary and secondary) :-

Using vaious mathematical tables and tools of analysis like

Bar charts, graphs, spread sheets etc and regression analysis , correlation analysis, Chi square test etc.

• STEP-9 Interpretation and Report Preparation

Based on the results of various scientific or mathematical tests, we can come to a conclusion and prepare report, which is the final document in the research. ( can see the topic in specific blogpost)

• STEP-10 Presentation:-

Report Presentation is the way of communication by which the enduser of the research can know what is there for them and enhance their understanding in less time at the same time their doubts can be cleared and reasonably good decisons can be taken by them.