What is It?Presentation By- Ar. Roopa Chikkalgi 1

Research is learning new things….finding new things…..Advancing your Knowledge….

Research always starts with an Idea

Research is Collecting Data or Collecting Information.

Research consists of:

•Asking a question that nobody has asked before.•Doing the necessary work to find the answer; and•Communicating the knowledge you have acquired to a larger audience.

Research comprises of creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the

stock of knowledge

Research is a systematic enquiry that investigates hypotheses, suggests new interpretations of data

or texts, and poses new questions for future research to explore.

Collecting Data

There are several forms of research:

scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, social, business, marketing, practitioner research, life, technological ,etc.

There are 2 types of Researches-

Qualitative and Quantitative Research

Qualitative Research –• This type of Research is Hypothetical. • Generally it can be carried out by answering Questions like What? Where? Why? When? How? • It is also based on the facts by a similar research.

Quantitative Research –• This type of Research is mathematically oriented by creating charts, statistics, percentages and theories.

RESEARCH

IDEA

QUESTION RESEARCH METHOD

DATA

Information has to be collected (Organized & summarized)

Starts with a Idea

Formulate a Question to be studied

WHAT IS DOCUMENTATION???

WHAT IS A DOCUMENT?

A “document” is a collection of data, regardless of the medium on which it is recorded,that generally has permanence and can be read by humans or machines. Documents includeboth paper and electronic documents.

A document is an amount of information on one or more related topics prepared for a specificpurpose and presented as a unit. A document may be used in a printed form, online form or acombination of the two.

Examples of documents include: manuals, reports, proposals, letters, faxes and emails.

Systematic Recording of the Data and Organized Arrangement of the summarized Information is DOCUMENTATION.

Process of Documentation: the process of providing details or information about something

Documentation should aim to collect/create Information in the form of –• Drawings• Sketches• Photographs• Audio• Video• Graphic and • Text documentation in a variety of

contexts.

WHAT IS ANALYSIS???

Analysis of data is a process of inspecting, cleaning, transforming,and modeling data with the goal of discovering useful information,suggesting conclusions, and supporting decision-making.