IHS 4504 Chapter 1: Chapter 1 pt2 Textbook Notes
21 May 2018
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Other Research Terminology
- Basic research: research with no immediate application.
- Applied research: done with a specific question or application in mind.
- Field research: research conducted where people actually live, work, and play.
- Laboratory research: this allows the researcher to have greater control over the
research.
Characteristics of Good Research
- Regardless of the type of research or the specific research design utilized, there are
some common, and generally agreed upon, characteristics of good research.
- A review of existing related literature is always a part of good research.
o Failure to review the literature can result in repeating work that has already
been accomplished or remaking mistakes that have already been made.
- Research is used to refine and substantiate theory, and theory is used to spawn
additional research.
- Good research is apolitical, unbiased, and objective.
- Research always starts with a question that needs to be answered or a problem that
needs to be explored.
- For research to be considered good research, it must be designed in such a way that it
can be replicated and validated.
- Good quantitative research can be generalized to other settings.
- Research is only as good as the accuracy of its observations and measurements
- All measurements instruments used in research must be valid and reliable.
o Valid: the instrument measures what it is supposed to measure
o Reliable: the instrument is consistent in its measurement over time.
- Research requires patient, unhurried activity.
- Data must be thoroughly and rigorously analyzed before results can be presented.
- Once a research project is completed, it is important that the results be shared with the
wider health education community.
Characteristics of Good Researchers
- First and foremost, good researchers are inquisitive.
o Researchers are constantly asking questions and seeking to answer those
questions through the research process.
- Good researchers must have patience and work in a deliberate and unhurried fashion.
o It takes time to carefully plan and conduct research.
- Good researchers are also preserving and determined.
- Good researchers must be systemic and logical, because research is a systemic and
logical process.
o Each step in the research process must be thoroughly completed before the next
step can begin.
- Researchers are doubters and skeptics.
o As researchers read the works of other researchers, they should be critical, raise
doubts, and ask questions about the work.
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Document Summary
Basic research: research with no immediate application. Applied research: done with a specific question or application in mind. Field research: research conducted where people actually live, work, and play. Laboratory research: this allows the researcher to have greater control over the research. Regardless of the type of research or the specific research design utilized, there are some common, and generally agreed upon, characteristics of good research. A review of existing related literature is always a part of good research: failure to review the literature can result in repeating work that has already been accomplished or remaking mistakes that have already been made. Research is used to refine and substantiate theory, and theory is used to spawn additional research. Good research is apolitical, unbiased, and objective. Research always starts with a question that needs to be answered or a problem that needs to be explored.
