Today I was unable to attend lectures.
But according to our class members
today lecture was a continuation from previous session, research design. Following
are some areas discussed during today’s lecture.
What is research?
According
to Oxford Dictionary (2012) research is “systematic investigation and study of
materials, sources, etc., in order to establish facts and reach conclusions.”
A research should be able to answer three questions,
1)
How: How the research is going to be done.
2)
Where: Where you obtain your sources.
3)
What: what the researcher is trying to conclude.
Types of research
Mr Eranjan
has explained several types of research. Main two types are technical research
and domain research. And both together they make up a literature review.
The
technical and domain research each consists of academic, primary, and secondary
research. Mr Eranjan have discussed about primary and secondary research in
previous sessions. Academic Research is what you find from other people's
research using academic sources like books, journal articles etc…
Mr
Eranjan also has explained that secondary research should be carried out before
primary research.
The Research Process
- Establish what you need to know
–
Define the scope of what you need to find out – problem
definition
- Determine how you can get the information
–
‘Where and how will I find this information?’ – research
plan
- Find out what you need to know
–
Conduct your research – raw facts (Academic + Secondary
Research on Technical and Domain related matters)
Finally Mr Eranjan has explained students that that the final year project should be
innovative, challenging, independent, interesting and logical.
After that session was concluded.
Reflection of today's lecture
Today
lecture has given great idea about research process which has three phases. If anyone
use this three phases he/she can identify problem in detailed way so that
clearly he/she can think of a solution. Because of that research design part is
so crucial in any kind of project especially for our final year project.
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