(1) We must set realistic objectives that reflect the conditions in which we find ourselves.
(2) During periods of time dedicated to research, it is essential to set up the optimal conditions and avoid distractions.
(3) We must accept that the pace of work will be different.
(4) Even if we may feel that we are not progressing fast enough, we need to take the time to look at how far we have progressed and, therefore, not just think about all that remains to be done.
Enjoy your work!
(1) We must set realistic objectives that reflect the conditions in which we find ourselves.
(2) During periods of time dedicated to research, it is essential to set up the optimal conditions and avoid distractions.
(3) We must accept that the pace of work will be different.
(4) Even if we may feel that we are not progressing fast enough, we need to take the time to look at how far we have progressed and, therefore, not just think about all that remains to be done.
Enjoy your work!
Dear Dr. Jean-Philippe Ayotte-Beaudet
Thanks a lot for your answer
I wrote all of my research at home and my masters and phd. Access to research papers is the main thing
Make use of teleconferences, Whatsapp, online chat for collaboration and to exchange information. Agree that distraction can happen more, but one should still see the progress made. Sometimes new impulses can get you on another track - but this can be positive and give new ideas... be patient with yourself. Maybe for some the current situation even is more of a chance to concentrate and stay focused..?
Tips to write new research while staying at home.
* You need to identify a particular problem that has been of concern to you.
* State the objectives you want to achieve.
* search for relevant materials and ideas in order to give you a direction of what is expected from that study.
* Start writing in line with the stated objectives.
* Get your data as required and analysis them to arrive at your findings when stay at home is over (If it is an empirical research).
* lastly, conclude your research.
Note:
You need to be patient and stay focused to be able to write in this period because of distractions.
Hi Ali Khalid Hasan
You can also consider computer-assisted and online data collection methods for generating new data (online surveys, computer-assisted interviews etc.) or text mining/opinion mining methods for analyzing social media data. To illustrate, netnography is in fact a methodological approach focusing on Internet-based communications and interactions. In addition, maybe the current situation is also a great opportunity for learning new tools (via online courses for example) that could help you for your future research projects.
All the best.
That is very good .
Thank you Lamprini Chartofylaka for your answer
Read about and understand a topic. Professors usually throw some papers and books at you and tell you to get lost for 2 weeks (or a month, or a semester, or a year). So if you wanted to go about doing it yourself, you'll want to pick your problems wisely especially if you have no guidance from someone who has done it all before.
It will probably be difficult for most to do research completely on your own, and take you much longer than it would if you had some guidance. The understanding is yours alone, and if you don't understand something then you should be working as hard as you can to alleviate that. And that work is what might make you better than peers who had advisors that helped them a lot. Not that one is better than another, or anything like that.
I'd try to contact some professors around your area, or failing that, just some professors or researchers anywhere. Ask them about their problem, maybe visit them and have a chat, and ask if there is a small project that you could work on. Researchers always have a million ideas, but they don't have the time to figure out which ones suck. They will probably be happy to have some free labor, and you'll gain your experience and maybe a recommendation letter too.
There are some things you can do that are not really, truly considered core research, but would help you when you are doing research and would be good to know. Most of research is just reading and understanding, so if you can read a paper and then do some real things with it and show that it works, that is making progress.
It might be easier to suggest more specific topics if you mentioned what your interests are.
Dear Dr. Sunny Chi Lik Au
I'd like to thank you a lot for this answer, it is very helpful and over to me a lot of ideas
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