POSTED BY
MAKOYE A.
The
word research is derived from the Middle French
"recherché", which means "to go about seeking", Research refers to an
investigation undertaken in order to discover new facts and get new additional
information over a certain problem (Hornby, A.S. et al 1974) or Research is an attempt to gather more information or
to find more data concerning something (http://answers.ask.com/society) Also
Research Is a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, predict and control the
deserved problem(www.personal.psu.edu/research)
. There two types of Research these are; Quantitative research is the type that
involves collecting and converting data into numerical form so that statistical
calculations can be made and conclusions drawn. And Qualitative
research is the type that is all about recording, analyzing and attempting to
uncover the deeper meaning and significance of human behavior and experience,
including contradictory beliefs, behaviors and emotions.
The
major steps in conducting research are; Identification of research problem, Literature review,
Specifying the purpose of research, Determine specific research questions or hypotheses,
Data collection, Analyzing and interpreting the data, Reporting and evaluating research,
Communicating the research findings and, possibly recommendations
Generally,
Research refers to the critical systematic and self-critical investigation or study
that aimed at studying knowledge and wisdom, solving problem and getting
answers through asking questions. The
following are the importance of research in any other discipline;
It
solves a particular existing problem of concern. Through research a researcher may solve the
problem after knowing of well. Example
if a researcher investigate about the
causes of cholera its effects to the society are easy to solve that problem and
make sure that does not happen again to that setting or other setting.
It
allows the consumers and producers to become more familiar with the products, goods,
and services around them. Example
marketing research can be traced to this point; marketing research help the two
sides to cooperate well in production is there means no problem in trading
issues of marketing.
It
presents more information for investigation.
Example Educational research provide more information and this will make
the very important improvement about Education system into a certain country. Through Educational research, we will
discover many problems facing our Education matters and the solutions for
solving these problems. For example a
Research is done over Educational matters like poor performance in the certain
subject after discovering the causes of the problem, after knowing the causes
is where now the alternatives and solutions to overcome the problem and hence
improvement in the students’ performance.
It
helps to learn more about things, events, and people. It is very important because when we are
researching we find our self in smart decisions and we learn different things
that we do not know them previously and take for those things. Through that, we are able also to make smart
decisions for what we learnt.
It
helps to produce knowledge that can be applied outside research setting. This means that when you find the problem to
a particular setting and solve it, you take that knowledge and use it to other
settings, this will help to make sure that the problem like that, cannot happen
because you know the methods of avoiding that problem. Through this research is very important.
It
forms the foundation of programmers’ development and policies outside a
researcher where around the universe.
Research is very important because when the researcher investigate about
something example why HIV/AIDS exist in Mbeya region than other regions in Tanzania. The researched answer will enable the
Government to formulate developmental programmers and different policies that will
be used to the development of different sectors and Issues in the Country.
It
helps to improve the understandings on the world the way to live. Through daily human activities, human beings
are able to discover and generate the knowledge and understanding the
particular problem which stabling them the mind for example things like
Diseases and other social problems to find how we can overcome the existing
situation hence to draw out the conclusion.
It
provides the public forum. Research as
the key way for solving problems, the researchers do concentrate on the topics
of to be interested and remain to be
unresolved, hence a research can serve as public forum on those important
issues particularly those involving the basic underlying purposes of accounting
education.
It
helps to make changes of a certain Issues.
Sometimes there in built problems in the process or project that is hard
to discover. Research helps us to find
the root cause and associated elements of a process. The end results of such a research invokes
demand for change and sometimes is successful in producing changes as
well.Forexample many United Nations researches have paved for a changes in the
Environmental Policies.
It
helps in improving the living standard of human being. Only through research can new invention and discoveries
come into life. It was curriculum
Raman’s’ research that prompted invention of radio communication .Imagine how
you would have communicated had Graham Bell not comment with the first ever
practical telephones, what would have happened if Martin Copper did not present
the the world the concept of mobile. In
addition, with the world facing more and criticize each day, we need
researchers to find new solutions to tackle them.
It
helps to explore Our History. Research
about our planets history and human history has enabled us to learn and
understand more about our ancestors and learn from their mistakes and absorb
good things from their life. Research
about the planets history and existence has told us lot about how things will
shape up in years to come and how need to respect our planet and work closely
together to stop global warming and other sciences of destruction.
It
helps in understanding Arts. This helps
us in understanding the work of artists in the literature, paintings,
sculptures, and everything that can be attributed with artistic touch. If no research is conducted into any of
these, we will never be able to understand any of these as per the
artistic imagination. In addition, a lot of great artistic work is
hidden in the shadows of history, which needs to be drawn out.
CONCLUSION
Generally,
research is very important in improving the living standard of people and
assists more in the suggestions of different alternatives and solutions over
the problems that are facing the people or community and the whole
country. Therefore research should be
done at the correct preparation and systematic procedures to bring about an
effectiveness in the overcoming the problems in the particular settings.
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