Methodology
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METHODOLOGY
The choice of a convenient research method comes from the formulation of a problem instead of focusing in a solution. Raising new questions or possibilities from a different angle, has achieved among other things, a real advance in science. One of the basic principles for having a successful research depends on the researcher understanding, the essential question and objective. (Cooper & Schindler, 2006, págs. 55-56)
Designing a research method to collect primary data “… these are often the most valid, the most illuminating, the most much manifesting” (Leedy & Ormrod, 2001, pág. 95) is necessary, as it reflects decisions about preferences given to a range of casualty or generalization dimensions. An operational result called research strategy conducts a social exploration, which is the subsequent step. (Bryman & Bell, 2007, págs. 731-732). Secondary data “… which are derived from the Truth itself, but from the primary data” (Leedy & Ormrod, 2001, pág. 95) supporting the research can be obtained from different sources regularly provided by public organizations available to everyone.
It is essential to compare or to complement different points of view about the meaning of research, in the following information layout there are some interpretations, according to its author and year of developing:
Author | Proposal | Year |
Leedy & Ormrod | “Is the systematic process of collecting and analyzing information (data) in order to increase our understanding of the phenomenon about which we are concerned or interested”. | 2001
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Cooper & Schindler | “Research is a process of planning, acquiring, analyzing and disseminating relevant data, information and insights about a specific situation”. | 2006 |
Hernandez, Fernandez & Baptista | “Research is a set of systematic, critical and empirical processes applied to the study of a phenomenon”. | 2010 |
Cambridge Dictionary | “Is a detailed study of a subject in order to discover information or achieve a new understanding of it”. | 2016 |
Handling a modern research can include a multiple use of sciences, which may or may not be related to each other thus, researchers must be aware their activity can include a variety of scientific contributions that do not belong to one specific discipline: “The model draws attention to the role of trans-disciplinarity in research, which it assumes is driven by a process that causes the boundaries of a single contributing disciplines to be exceeded” (Bryman & Bell, 2007, pág. 6), the knowledge produced is the result therefore a less linear process.
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