Research Methodology

Research Methodology-- is a broad-spectrum, cross-disciplinary book suitable for a wide variety of courses in basic research methodology. Many basic concepts and strategies in research transcend the boundaries of specific academic areas, and such concepts and strategies are at the heart of this book. To some degree, certainly, research methods do vary from one subject area to another: A biologist might gather data by looking through a microscope, a historian by examining written documents from an earlier time period, and a psychologist by administering certain tests or systematically observing people’s behaviour. Otherwise, the basic approach to research is the same. Regardless of the discipline, the researcher identifies a question in need of an answer, collects data potentially relevant to the answer, analyses and interprets the data, and draws conclusions that the data seem to warrant.