1. Do you agree or disagree that research is essential in your day-to-day activities as a
student? State your reasons for your stand.
2. What is the impact of research to you as an individual?
3. Why does a student-researcher need to set an objective prior to the conduct of
research?
4. Is it important to use structural research instrument? Why? Give at least two research
instruments and briefly describe each.
5. Which kind of research design is appropriate to use in your field of specialization?
Answers
Answer:
1. yes, I am agree with this that research is essential for our day-today activities as a student....
2. Research impact is real change in the real world. There are many different kinds of impact including attitudinal, awareness, economic, social, policy, cultural and health. It takes hard work and persistence to create impact from research.
3. ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇs ᴅᴇsᴄʀɪʙᴇ ᴄᴏɴᴄɪsᴇʟʏ ᴡʜᴀᴛ ᴛʜᴇ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ɪs ᴛʀʏɪɴɢ ᴛᴏ ᴀᴄʜɪᴇᴠᴇ. ... ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ғᴏʀᴍɪɴɢ ᴀ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴏʙᴊᴇᴄᴛɪᴠᴇ, ʏᴏᴜ sʜᴏᴜʟᴅ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴀʙᴏᴜᴛ ᴀʟʟ ᴛʜᴇ ᴅᴇᴠᴇʟᴏᴘᴍᴇɴᴛs ɪɴ ʏᴏᴜʀ ᴀʀᴇᴀ ᴏғ ʀᴇsᴇᴀʀᴄʜ ᴀɴᴅ ғɪɴᴅ ɢᴀᴘs ɪɴ ᴋɴᴏᴡʟᴇᴅɢᴇ ᴛʜᴀᴛ ɴᴇᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ ʙᴇ ᴀᴅᴅʀᴇssᴇᴅ.
4. Research Instruments are measurement tools (for example, questionnaires or scales) designed to obtain data on a topic of interest from research subjects. ... CINAHL includes just research instrument records.
5. The research design refers to the overall strategy that you choose to integrate the different components of the study in a coherent and logical way, thereby, ensuring you will effectively address the research problem; it constitutes the blueprint for the collection, measurement, and analysis of data. Note that your research problem determines the type of design you can use, not the other way around!