concept of research

                                                         Concept of Research


Research means searching for new knowledge. there are various ways and methods of acquiring knowledge and information through which curiosities of learners are satisfied and solutions to the problems are found. major sources of knowledge are as follows: 


1. Experience.
2. Authority.
3. Deductive reasoning.
4. Inductive reasoning.
5. Scientific approach.

Some Definitions of Research

1. Research may be defined as application of scientific method in the studying of problem. it is systematic attempts to obtain answers to meaningful questions about phenomena or events through the scientific procedure.                                                  Lokes Koul
2. research is formal, systematic application of scientific method to study problem; educational research is the formal, systematic application of scientific method to the study of educational problems.                                                                  L.R. Gay
3. Research can be defined as scientific and systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic.                                                                                           Kothari
4. Systematic method to gain new knowledge is research.                         Redman and Mory