4. Analysis of data
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Data processing
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Statistical analysis
5. Interpretation of results
6. Conclusion and recommendations
7. Writing the research report.
STEPS TO DETERMINE THE RESEARCH METHOD
Mind map 1.3: Steps in research method
Step 1. Identify the research problem
The first step in the scientific method is usually characterised by realising that some
problem exists. This manifests in the form of a question that troubles the mind.
Step 2. Clarify and contextualise the problem
By participating in discussion and studying or reviewing current literature of what one is
exploring, the issue is illuminated and the nature and specifics of interest of the problem
are identified. As the issue is clarified, the underlying inquiry prompts more inquiries and
the dynamic illumination of variables that may influence the examination of the underlying
problem begins to improve our understanding and to show increasing complexity.
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Step 3. Develop a research design
This entails all activities the researcher engages in when planning an arrangement for the
exploration. A set of research questions or a theory should
be detailed as an informed
speculation about the conceivable responses to the issue. Now in the examination structure,
the researcher has two differentiating approaches that offer them alternative courses in the
advancement of the plan. The researcher may select the interpretive-inductive methodology
where they start to observe before arriving at conceivable clarifications or they may select
the hypothetical deductive methodology where the starting point is a hypothesis or a theory.
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