Module I: An Introduction to Research
What is research? Research is a systematic study of anything under the scene which a research tries to further investigate to find out more a lot that particular thing or reconfirm the already known facts.
For e.g.:- some laws and theories have become a universally truth yet a researcher may once again look into the validity or the truth. Such as Newton’s law of gravitation is a well-known fact yet a physicist may yet again and again over the generation may reinvestigate this law and try to establish any variation in it or reconfirm the same law. The generation old laws can be challenged with the present sophisticated technology and equipment which were not available same centuries ago.
Similarly one of the most controversial theories that keys being discussed and experiment is Darwin’s theory of revolution.
Types of research: 1. Research can be divided into two types:- * Basic research * Applied research
Basic research:-
Basic research is that research which is done for the sake of knowledge and for academic purposes such as M.Phil, P.HD degree. This is also known as Pure Research. The researcher under take this type of research to quench (to fulfill) the thirst of knowledge about a particular topic or a thing. This research is usually motivated by a person, passion for knowledge sake. The individuals who undertake such research are usually scientists or scholars or academicians who many-a-time devote their lives o research a particular subject.
Applied research:-
Applied is that research which is done with a commercial angle. The very idea of undertaking such a research is that it would have some use for a particular business and making profit out of it. Thus all the research done in the pharmaceutical industry, automobile and all industrial research comes under this category. The reason being the result of such research is directly applied to make a particular product which has