Lecture 16 - Research

Figure 1: Research

Today lecturer started the lecture by asking a question "How do you know what to research ?" As the Answer for the above question lecture told research should be based on Proposal which consists of Problem Statements and the Project Objectives.

After that lecturer explained what types of things need to do for a better research. A research should includes following factors ,

•     Systematic Investigation and Study - Need to plan and prepare for the research.

•     To Establish Facts - Data/Information must get from right sources (Survey, Interviews, Questionnaires etc.)

•     To Reach Conclusion - Must have a purpose (Commonly use recreational activities)

After specifying above criteria lecturer discussed about the types of research. They are technical research and domain research which together they make up a literature review. The technical and domain research each consists of Academic, Primary and Secondary research which author comprehensively stated in authors Research Design Post. To refresh the knowledge of that topic author briefly mention each Type of Research under this post as stated below,

1. Academic Research is what you find from other people's research using scholarly sources like books, journal articles etc.
2. Secondary Research is also, what you find from other people's research but from non-scholarly sources like magazines, newspapers and other published sources.
3. Primary Research is what you find out yourself through observations, interviews, questionnaires, brainstorming, focus group and experiments.

Then lecturer asked a question which comes first or to be done from the Research Type. The correct answer was the Secondary research since without having an idea on the topic its difficult to conduct the research further more.

Before concluding the lecture for the day lecturer stated what are the consequences that makes a research to be successful. They are,

• Integrative
• Independent
• Interesting
• Intellectually Challenging
• Innovative

Reality of the Lecture:

From this lecture I understood the importance of conducting a Research before continue to work on the project which helps me to identify and gather the background as well as the literature knowledge through Three Types of Research that conducts in different stages. As I understood research helps to identify my own potential mistakes that can occur during the project time line as well as to be clever on others experienced mistakes while they conducted to find a similar approach solution.