Research is a careful and detailed study into a specific problem, concern, or issue using the scientific method.
Normally, the outcome of research works are in the form of a research paper, patent or a new technology as a solution to a particular problem. However, a few ideas get the form of a technology whereas the most of the research works remain in the form of just a notes (article). Further, all types of research works cannot be converted into some technology which has a direct effect on social development.
So, the real question is what should be the aim of a research? Should they focus on just publishing research papers in high impact factors journals or for developing some new technology?
I like to know your opinion about the question.
Thanks for the attention.
Regards,
MN Alam
The principal aim of researchers in the field of basic natural science is to contribute to the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on observational and empirical evidence. On the other hand, there are researchers in the applied field, whose aim is to use existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical purposes, including inventions and other technological advancements. See the following links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_applied_science
The main goal of research is to find the new thing or existing thing in a new way, researcher has to think in a different way and prospectus. comes to researcher he always has to think about the society which is going to harmful and useful.
thanks
phani
The principal aim of researchers in the field of basic natural science is to contribute to the description, prediction, and understanding of natural phenomena, based on observational and empirical evidence. On the other hand, there are researchers in the applied field, whose aim is to use existing scientific knowledge to develop more practical purposes, including inventions and other technological advancements. See the following links:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural_science
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Outline_of_applied_science
Should be of use to human kind.
Example
Researchers are developing a specialized skin "printing" system that could be used in the future to treat the wounded.
Thank you for the invitation.
Research papers is one of the aims of the research. Another aim, maybe more important, is, to connect research with the needs of the society, in a higher degree, trying to find sustainable solutions to various problems of the humans.
Humanity merits it.
What should be the AIM of a researcher?
Think the aim of a researcher is for knowledge contribution regardless whether the contribution is an inch short or a mile long.
What’s the aim of researcher?
The aim of researchers is to make known something previously unknown to human beings. It is to advance human knowledge, or to make it more certain. moreover, researchers do a research project:
- To investigate some existing situation or problem.
- To provide solutions to a problem. •
- To construct or create a new procedure or system.
- To explain a new phenomenon.
- To generate new knowledge.
- A combination of two or more of any of the above.
Source:
Hussey, J., & Hussey, R. (1997). Business research. Hampshire: Palgrave.
Applied research is best, but sometimes particularly in developing countries the papers publication is also appreciated.
We know well that our mind & brain with our energy forces differ from individual to individual .In this case a researcher with his earlier academic career,& performance use to remain all the time conscious for his knowledge with his academy study .
It is this basic training & performance his mind with his inner energy urge inspires him to carry out the further new program for his study in the form of his research .He all the time concentrating & also involving himself in his research program where his endorsement forgets him to watch his time.
I believe all the researcher work in above line .
This is my personal opinion
The aims of researchers are advancement of knowledge, the discovery and interpretation of new facts and finding solutions to problems.
A good definition of research is given in the book, Research methods for graduate business and social science students :
Research is a diligent search, scholarly inquiry, investigation or experimentation aimed at the discovery of new facts and findings; or, broadly, it may relate to any subject of inquiry with regard to collection of information, interpretation of facts, and revision of existing theories or laws in the light of new facts or evidence.
Source:
Adams, John, et al. Research methods for graduate business and social science students. SAGE Publications India, 2007
Hi Mahamad.
You ask for what should be the AIM of a researcher.
Your question is an interesting question. Suffice it to say that all over the world there are thousands and thousands of researchers. This being so, it is more than natural to want to know what they aim while doing research.
The most obvious response is to say that, while doing research, researchers' main goal is to look for the unknown, or, in Newton's terms, to know more and better about the "book of the world and even the universe", be it psychical, neural, psychological, social, and so forth.
Are all scientists in the world doing research because they want to understand the unknown? I don't think so.
Let's imagine a thought experiment whose aim would be to know what leads researchers to conduct research and analyze their responses in terms of Kohlberg's theory of moral reasoning and development.
If it were well performed, that experiment or research would make much sense. Note that your question is framed in "ought to" terms -- what should be the aim of a researcher -- not in "is" terms -- what is the aim of a researcher. As you certainly know, to ask for how things ought to be is different from asking for the way things are
As I see it, different reasons, goals and aims can lead a researcher to conduct research. As mentioned above, we can analyze such reasons, motivations, and goals in terms of an "ought to" perspective, for example, in terms of a Kohlbergian perspective.
In this case, we might think of pre-conventional (Stage 1 and 2), conventional (Stages 3 and 4) and post-conventional {stage 5 and 6) morally-oriented researchers.
Think, for example, of a researcher whose main goal to conduct research is mainly because s/he wants to become, say, a famous researcher in his field of expertise, publish his/her papers in prestigious Journals or have a well-paid patent. If this were the case, then we would be, as it were, before a Stage 1-oriented researcher. That is, a researcher whose motivations and aims to conduct research are personal and egocentric in their very nature, and not oriented, for example, to the description, explanation, and understanding of the unknown.
Consider the case of a researcher whose motivation to conduct research is, for example, to get ahead in his academic carrier, such as to get tenure and be promoted to the rank order of an Associate and even an Full Professor. This researcher could be considered a Stage 2-oriented researcher.
Because the motivations and aims to carry out research on the part of these two types of researcher are egocentrically oriented, it is likely that their research is not, so to speak, good and reliable research. Actually, egocentric reasons could lead to falsification of data, inappropriate statistical analyses, plagiarism, and the like.
Consider now the case of a researcher whose main goal to be a researcher is, for example, to receive approval from his/her peers, or to be a good, “nice” researcher in conventional terms, or, in other words, to be a decent researcher, and hence, incapable, for instance, of appealing to fraudulent procedures of doing science and research (see above). Such researcher would be a Stage 3-oriented researcher.
Think now of Stage 4-oriented researchers. Motivation to conduct research on the part of this type of researchers might be, for example, to foster social progress in his/her own or even other countries.
These two types of, say, conventional researchers are more likely than their pre-conventional counterparts to carry out good, reliable research. Among other things, good, reliable research aims at a better understanding of the physical, psychological and social world, and hence, does not appeal, for example, to unscientific ways of dealing with data, such as analyzing them according to inappropriate statistical analyses, that is, analyses used only with the simple purpose of rejecting the null hypothesis, just to give an example.
When performing research, a researcher can be motived by the noteworthy goal that, while conducting research, s/he can contribute to a better understanding of the great book of the world, be it physical, biological, psychological, social, and so forth, and hence, contribute, for example, to the greatest good of the greatest number of people. A researcher who aims at conducting research in order to bring about beneficial consequences to people, societies and countries all over the world in a short or even long period of time may be considered a post-conventional-oriented researcher.
As the late Kohlberg [see Colby & Kohlberg (1987). The measurement of moral judgment, Vols.1 and 2. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press] gave up his initial Stage 6, the example mentioned above could substantiate a Stage 5 or Stage 6-oriented researcher. This researcher is certainly aware that, though knowledge and education are costly, they are far less costly than their alternative, ignorance. This is so, because, among other things, only true and well applied knowledge is capable of saving societies from possible collapse, be it violent or gradual [See, for instance, Piaget, J. (1970). The future of education: To understand is to invent. London: Kegan Paul Trench Trubner.
As far as I know, there is no study carried out to analyze researchers’ motivations and goals to conduct research from a Kohlbergian framework. As exemplified above, such study would be a telling example of a study on the underlying moral motivations and goals of researchers as they perform research in general, or a certain research in particular. I would hypothesized that the more a researcher has morally advanced reasons and motivations to conduct research, the more s/he is likely to be a scholarly and reliable researcher in his/her field of specialization and expertise.
Scholarly researchers in any field of knowledge are generally motivated to give an answer, however tentative it may be, to what C. S. Pierce called “irritating” doubts, questions or problems, not to questions that, for example, are true by definition, and hence, not subject to falsification in Popperian terms.
Unfortunately, psychology, which is my field of expertise, is full with examples of untestable and not falsifiable questions, problems, hypotheses, and theories. Look at the following example: a student once told me that he wanted to run an experiment/research to show that Piagetian formal operations appear only after Piagetian concrete operations. Given that formal operations are operations on concrete operations, then it is true by definition that formal operations can only appear after concrete operations. In other words, the student at hand was not raising an "irritating" doubt, pursuing the unknown, but rather jeopardizing his time. He wanted to be, as it were, a student of nature before being a student of logic.This example also documents Wittgenstein’s cogent remark in his famous Philosophical Investigations that in psychology there are experimental methods, but conceptual confusion.
In contradistinction, when Copernicus and Galileo cast doubt on the validity of geocentric theory, they were raising an irritating doubt, and, as such, they greatly contributed to scientific progress in the field of physics, that is, to the appearance of heliocentric theory. In a nutshell, among other things, scholarly research goes hand in hand with irritating questions, problems, doubts, hypotheses, and the like.
All that said, it is worth mentioning that (1) researchers have may different aims while doing research; (2) the more their goals are morally and cognitively advanced, the more they are likely to bring about good, reliable research devoted to the unknown and the quest for meaning; (3) scholarly and morally advanced researchers are generally motivated to answer to irritating doubts and questions, not to untestable and not falsifiable questions, that is, questions whose answer is true by definition. As Wittgenstein also remarked, when there is no place to doubt, certainty does not make much, if any, sense.
I hope that I have got your interesting question and that this helps.
Best regards.
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9th Sep, 2016
Niranjan Biswal
Self-Employed
I must say..it should be a social oriented work. May be theoretical, practical, etc..
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9th Sep, 2016
A'ang Subiyakto
Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University Jakarta
What should be the AIM of a researcher?
Dear Alam,
There are my opinions by following your statements.
First, I agree with your research definition in regard to the scientific method use.
Second, I also agree with your normality description, including the statements of the contradiction phenomenon and the research work directions. It is related to the differences of the research contributions and its fields.
So, what should be the aim of a research? I think, it's depend on the researchers, fields, or the sponsorship of the researches as it is described by the previous colleagues.
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9th Sep, 2016
Orlando M Lourenço
University of Lisbon
Hi Artur,
I agree with you that a true researcher is guided by an intrinsic curiosity and motivation to find things out, or, in other words, to look for the unknown. Because of this, I guess that your are a thoughtful researcher. Framed in Kohlberg's theory, your response reminds me of a post-conventional researcher, that is, a researcher that does research for "the pleasure of finding things out", if I can borrow from Richard Feynman's idea. So you are not kidding with research, but doing certainly good, even excellent research.
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Do better than the current state of science.
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9th Sep, 2016
William R. Buckley
California Evolution Institute
The extension of knowledge; no more, no less.
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9th Sep, 2016
Behnam Farid
Briefly, the ultimate aim of research is contributing to the body of human knowledge, that is to what humanity can consider as being known (i.e., known to be true or false). Part of this knowledge can have immediate application, part of it can be anticipated, with some certainty, to find application at some future time, and yet part of it can function as a stepping stone for reaching areas where new knowledge can be gained.
In modern times where most of the research expenditure is financed from public resources (private and organised charitable foundations continue to contribute to research in modern times), it has become necessary to adopt measures for fair and responsible distribution of the limited public money designated for scientific research (at some political level) amongst the researchers and scientific institutions. It is here where aiming at publishing in high-impact journals finds practical justification, for those who are in charge of distributing public resources amongst individual researchers and research institutions find it necessary to have quantitative measures whereby to rank works according to their importance. A similar consideration applies to administrators and policy-makers of universities and research institutions who find it similarly desirable to have quantitative measures on the basis of which to decide on the individuals, infrastructure and areas to support and invest in. Leaving these considerations aside, the primary aim of research remains contribution to the body of human knowledge. Naturally, the applied science contributes to the economy, which in turn, through taxation, finances the research undertakings.
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9th Sep, 2016
Oluwafemi Samson Balogun
Modibbo Adama University of Technology, Adama
Contribute to knowledge and impact in lives and their economy
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9th Sep, 2016
Sosanka PROTIM Sandilya
Central Silk Board
Solve research problems based on scientific evidence and try to transfer technology to the ultimate beneficiaries.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mariano Ruiz Espejo
Universidad Católica San Antonio de Murcia
A service to the well being and the peace in the society in which he lives.
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9th Sep, 2016
Subhash C. Kundu
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
Ultimate aim of the research/researcher is to improve/serve the society.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mishra Sanjay
Adigrat University Ethiopia
to dig out the information and generate the knowledge that serves the humanity without border..
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9th Sep, 2016
Solomon M. Wambua
Kenya Institute of Special Education( KISE)
The ultimate aim of research is the create and verify knowledge.
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9th Sep, 2016
Said Elias
University of Iceland
To have a rich contribution for the next generations.
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9th Sep, 2016
Rajendra Chavan
Shivaji University, Kolhapur
The aim of the researcher is finding the truth and try to make easier life for society!
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9th Sep, 2016
Mohammad Firoz Khan
Jamia Millia Islamia
Science did not develop to contribute to technology rather add to human knowledge. The basic purpose of research in any discipline is discovery. All other aspects are by-products of the process of research. To me, science adds to human knowledge through discovery and discovery in many cases either satisfies human curiosity or is put to some useful purpose as developing technology.
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9th Sep, 2016
Asit Baran Samui
Institute of Chemical Technology, Mumbai
There are many kinds of approaches in research. Conventional aim is to do good work and publish in reputed jiurnal. For product oriented research the aim is to make excellent system with unique attributes having reasonable cost for consumers. For new systems the aim is to verify the existing theory, find new one if found better and validate with experimentation/ observation.
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Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
The goals of a researchers is mainly to produce new knowledge or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. Expanding the Frontiers of Knowledge (although a tiny one!)
In basic research, we do not see an immediate beneficial applications/products for society in short term future.
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Ali A R Aldallal
University Of Kufa
Aims Of Research
Introduction
The ultimate aims of research are to generate measurable and testable data, gradually adding to the accumulation of human knowledge.
Ancient philosophers believed that all answers could be achieved through deductionand reasoning rather than measurement.
Science now uses established research methods and standard protocols to test theories thoroughly.
It is important to remember that science and philosophy are intertwined and are essential elements of human advancement, both contributing to the way we view the world. Scientific research, however, allows us to test hypotheses and lay solid foundations for future research and study.
This gradual accumulation of knowledge dictates the overall direction of science and philosophy.
Observation and Description
The first stage of any research is to observe the world around us and to ask questions about why things are happening.
Every phenomenon in the universe has a reason behind it, and the aims of research are to understand and evaluate what is happening.
However simple the phenomenon or however easy it appears to be to generate logical and intuitive answers, scientific research demands rigorous testing for a truth to be accepted.
Describing the overall behavior of the subject is the first stage of any research, whether it is a case study or a full-blown 'true experimental design'.
Read more about descriptive research here.
Predict
This stage is where you must make a statement of intent and develop a stronghypothesis. This must be testable, with aims of research being to prove or disprove thisstatement.
At this stage, you may express your personal opinion, favoring one side or the other. You must make a statement predicting what you expect the final answer to be.
You must, however, keep an open mind and understand that there is a chance that you may be wrong. Research is never about right or wrong but about arriving at an answer, which improves our knowledge of natural processes.
Determination of the Causes
This is often the 'business end' for many areas of scientific research and is where one of the predictions is tested, usually by manipulating and controlling variables. The idea is to generate numerical data that can determine the cause with one of the many statistical tests.
For example, a small-scale global warming study might study Antarctic ice cores to determine the historical levels of carbon dioxide throughout history. In this experiment, time would be the manipulated variable, showing how levels of the greenhouse gas have changed over time.
Statistical procedures are then utilized to either prove or disprove the hypothesis and prediction.
Of course, very little research gives such a black and white answer, but opens up new areas of potential study and allows scientists to focus on a specific direction.
Explain
After determining the causes, the next layer of the research process is to try to find possible explanations of 'Why?' and 'How?' things are happening.
For most areas, this stage involves sifting through and reviewing earlier studies about similar phenomena. Most research is built upon the work of previous researchers, so there should be a wealth of literature resources available.
If we look at a topical example, Global Warming is an area with which most of us are familiar and has been the subject of thousands of studies. Intuitively, most of us would state that humanity pumping carbon dioxide into the atmosphere is responsible for a worldwide rise in temperatures.
The aims of research may be to establish 'What are the underlying causes and relationships between the different processes fueling this trend?' In most cases, it is necessary to review earlier research and try to separate the better quality sources from the inaccurate or poorly designed studies.
It is equally important to take into account any opposing points of view and accept that they may be equally valid. Explanation is about coming up with viable reasons and you must try to be as objective and unbiased as possible.
For example, in the case of global warming, there is an opposing view that temperature rises are natural and that the effect of human society is making little difference.
At this stage, personal opinion must be put aside and both sides of the debate must be given equal credence.
New Directions
Whatever the final answer, it can be used to promote a healthy debate and discussion about the validity of the results.
The aims of research can then be fine-tuned, or may serve to open up new areas of interest. Either way, the store of human knowledge has been enriched and increased.
https://explorable.com/aims-of-research
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Sarwan Kumar Dubey
ICAR-Indian Institute of Soil and Water Conservation (Earlier known as CSWCRTI)
Dear all, for me the aim of the researcher should be the usefulness and benefits of his research to ultimate clients. In our case they are farmers by the way.
Thanks
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9th Sep, 2016
Mayadhar Barik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Respected Peter Eyerer Sir,
Aim of the researcher would be to find out the maximum number of research question in your study and how to do it
your study.
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Priyadarsini Mishra
Berhampur university
For me, research should benefit the society. If my research has nothing to contribute to the society then certainly it is wastage of time/ money/ energy. Researchers should not limit themselves only in paper publishing and gathering impact points rather they should understand their responsibility towards the society as a human being and should try to contribute towards solving certain real world problems/ issues.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mayadhar Barik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Priyadarsini I do agrre with you but dont forget to your out comes rather than the extra else. You have to determine your AIM is more important to construct a study. I am remembering you for Evidence Based Research (EBR) certainly adds your value in your study. May remember I am also the product of Berhampur University. Nice to see you in RG.
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Priyadarsini Mishra
Berhampur university
@Mayadhar Barik & all RG members and followers of this question: I do agree to all regarding research , "It should generate measurable and testable data -Hassan Alomari", "Evidence Based Research (EBR)-Mayadhar Barik", "to produce new knowledge or deepen understanding of a topic or issue. Expanding the Frontiers of Knowledge- Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan" etc etc . . All these should be the outcomes of our research but the question is about "aim of research" and I think it should be beyond all these .. "research should be aimed at being useful and beneficial to the society- Sarwan Kumar Dubey".
thanks!
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Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
Scientific research has two categories: pure scientific research and applied scientific research.
The main purpose of pure scientific research is to find an explanation about why certain things happen in the natural world. In contrast, applied scientific research deals with looking for answers to specific questions that help humanity, such as medical research or environmental studies.
Applied Scientific research is more focused on testing theories, as opposed to addressing abstract principles, as is the case with pure scientific research.
The most important goal of both these forms of scientific research is to come up with explanations that describe the causes of the phenomenon. There are three prerequisites needed to determine the cause and effect of a scientific experiment: covariation of events, proper time-order sequence and the elimination of plausible alternative causes. Covariation of events means that the variables in the experiment must correlate, proper time-order sequence stipulates that the cause must precede the effect, and "elimination of plausible alternative causes" must occur when a controlled variable is added to the experiment.
https://www.reference.com/world-view/purpose-scientific-research-e72f02556dab730b
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9th Sep, 2016
Rushikesh Pandya
Indian School of Business
I think that the duty of the researcher is that whatever is existed in that domain, He/She should provide the valid proof by doing that research.
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9th Sep, 2016
Subhash C. Kundu
Guru Jambheshwar University of Science & Technology
The broader aims of research are to generate measurable and testable data, gradually adding to the accumulation of human knowledge for society benefit.
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9th Sep, 2016
Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
The main aim of research is to find out truth which is hidden and has not yet been discovered. Although every research study has its own specific objectives, research objectives may be broadly grouped as follows:
1. to gain familiarity with or new insights into a phenomenon (i.e., formulative research studies);
2. to accurately portray the characteristics of a particular individual, group, or a situation (i.e., descriptive research studies);
3. to analyse the frequency with which something occurs (i.e., diagnostic research studies); and
4. to examine a hypothesis of a causal relationship between two variables (i.e., hypothesis-testing research studies).
https://archive.org/stream/ResearchMethodology/6.researchMethodology_djvu.txt
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9th Sep, 2016
Peter Eyerer
Fraunhofer Institute for Chemical Technology ICT
dear Mohamad,
first I have to excuse myself because I did not read all the comments. So may be I doubble some answers.
You asked two questions: What should be the aim of a researcher? and What should be the aim of a Research.
For me These are two differnt questions. I am going to answer your first question to the Researcher.
Summerising up I will require:
a reasearcher should have in mind as aims the important areas:
-technical or art or cultural aspect/developements/ consequences
-social Impacts
-environmental aspects
and
-economical consequences
The last one is not true for doing research in fundamentals.
Peter
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9th Sep, 2016
Mayadhar Barik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Peter Eyerer Sir, your absolutely correct. I do agree with your statement.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mahamad Nabab Alam
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Dear All
The discussion regarding this question has been really very interesting. There are many interesting answers to the question. I like the statement very very interesting that "The basic purpose of research in any discipline is discovery. All other aspects are by-products of the process of research." Further, every research should contribute to social development. The present discussion has enhanced my thinking regarding research activities significantly.
I would like to than all the experts how participated in the discussion.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mayadhar Barik
All India Institute of Medical Sciences
Dr.Saheb resaerch itself capable to reproduce your AIM and bind up your hypothesis as well.Here we should bold enough to how to do and which way to do the work.If any one realized it automatically he/she may able to review so many things and able to earn new hypothesis including with new aim and objectives.
9th Sep, 2016
Mahamad Nabab Alam
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Thanks, Dr. Mayadhar Barik for your kind opinion.
9th Sep, 2016
Radostina Alexandrova
Bulgarian Academy of Sciences
In my opinion the aim of the researcher should be doing research, should be to reveal the secrets of the world and human, to receive and distribute knowledge, to teach young people and to enjoy his/her work. Every day I try to learn at least one new thing and to give at least one new lesson to my students. The professional career should be not a goal but a result of our work.
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9th Sep, 2016
Ali A R Aldallal
University Of Kufa
Aims and Objectives of a Research Proposal
by Emily Pate, Demand Media
Formulating aims and objectives for your research studies helps sculpt and guide your work after you've decided on a topic. While your aims give your research thematic and theoretic direction, objectives give concrete steps on how to manifest those concepts and theories. A strong topic begins with an area you're interested in researching, then focuses on a need, problem or unexplored issue in that area, usually from a particular perspective or approach.
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Aims
A research proposal's aims are statements that broadly point out what you hope to accomplish and your desired outcomes from the research. Aims focus on long-term intended outcomes -- your aspirations in reference to the research. They're typically not numbered in a research proposal. Strong research proposals set out only two to three aims. Each aim may have several objectives associated with it.
Objectives
Objectives lay out how you plan to accomplish your aims. While aims are broad in nature, objectives are focused and practical. They tend to pinpoint your research's more immediate effects. They include a list of practical steps and tasks you're going to take to meet your aims. Objectives are typically numbered, so each one stands alone. Each objective must have a concrete method set out. If you're having trouble developing this, writing out a research time-line before defining your objectives may help.
What They Should Do
Both aims and objectives should be brief and concise. They must be interrelated. Each aim should have one or more objectives describing how that aim should be met. Aims and objectives should both be realistic goals and methods with respect to what resources you have available and the scope of research. Don't choose something too broad, for instance, or that would take much more research time than you have. Aims and objectives also let your advisers know how you intend to approach a given subject and how you plan to get access to subjects, goods and services, samplings and other resources. They also provide plans for dealing with ethical or practical problems you may encounter.
Things to Avoid
When you're writing your aims and objectives, don't make them too broad or vague. Aims are more general than objectives, they shouldn't be over-optimistic or unrealistic about what you want to achieve. They shouldn't repeat each other or be simple lists of items related to your research. Stay way from focusing content on your research site or job. Stick to the specific aims and objectives of your actual research study. Check that your aims and objectives contain methods that can sustain what you hope to find. If they don't match, rethink the methods or aims and objectives of your research.
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9th Sep, 2016
Mishra Sanjay
Adigrat University Ethiopia
Creating the jargon should not be the ultimate aim of research rather than, research must always be focused on the pragmatic aspects of the complexity of natural, social, medical as well as physical sciences. Research is always to unravel the complexity of knowledge and also to suggest how to do it? Only research can provide the true information therefore it must be highly aimed at finding true knowledge and favorable to promote humanity. The application of knowledge through research in destructive areas should not be promoted. During the past few years there is a growing interest to invest money and mind in improving the quality of machines,metal, and plastics in comparison to improve the quality of humans, resulting huge deterioration in human quality improvement, this is disastrous trend.
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9th Sep, 2016
Ali A R Aldallal
University Of Kufa
10 easy steps to your research goals
BY PROF WAQAR AHMED JUNE 23, 2012
I have talked about the importance of having well defined goals for your research. Like a darts player aim for the bulls eye, aim at your goal and take action to achieve it.
Your long term goal is to get a PhD. Split the goal into medium term goals such as: do laboratory work on the project to solve a problem, write your transfer report, write a peer reviewed research paper, give a research presentation at an international conference, write thesis and prepare for oral examination. You have broken down your goal into smaller components. Do you have a daily to-do-list of tasks related to your research project?
Many people have goals and they have even broken them down into components but still struggle with reaching them. Why is that? When I look at these people I see that they are talented, intelligent, sensible and hard working. So why don’t they succeed?
When you look at their approach one component is missing. They lack consistency.
If you want to be physically fit you don’t go to the gym once in a while. Are you then fit for life after one or two visits? Even if you have the finest trainer and the best equipment without consistency you will not succeed. You need to go to the gym regularly over a period of time. Exercise needs to become a regular habit.
To become a great researcher you need to establish regular habits that push you towards your goals.
When I was doing my PhD I spent long hours in the laboratory, often from 8:00am to 2am in the morning. This was tiring so to relax I used to go to the library every lunch time after mid day prayer. I spent minimum of 1 hour reading latest journals related to my subject and developments in science in the New Scientist. I did this everyday between about 1:30-2:30pm for 3 years. My habit broke my day into 2 parts. I read for fun and relaxation rather than to learn. I was amazed at my development because I could quote names of authors, dates, journals and details of numerous research discoveries. Without realising what I was doing I had established a habit which increased knowledge and insight. To this day I still remember many of the things I read. I felt great when I could discuss these things will other researchers and supervisors. I thought I was only an average research student, however people thought I was intelligent and talented because I was up to date.
What habits do you need to develop to be a great researcher? Could you establish a habit of reading a research paper everyday? Could you develop a habit of summarising a paper at 9:00pm every day?
Even though I have talked about developing good research routines and habits in previous posts I did not go into details on how to establish a habit.
What essential steps do you need to follow to establish a habit?
1. Write down your goal in a positive and well defined manner. State it as if it has already been achieved in present tense. You should be able to visualise it, feel it and know for sure that you have achieved it. There is no room for being vague and unsure here.
2. Write down the start date and projected end date for your goal.
3. Write down why this goal is important to you. Make it thrilling and emotionally charged. The greater your desire and commitment the faster you will achieve your goal.
4. Describe in detail what your goal will look like once you have successfully achieved it. Write the goal on a single sheet of paper. Look at it daily. What will it feel like when you have achieved it?
5. Identify the key milestones along your journey towards your destination. When you go from Manchester to London you need get to Stoke, then Birmingham to Milton Keynes, Watford and finally London. Every time you reach a milestone you are closer to London. If reach all of them surely you will get to London. Your research goals should have key milestone such as registration; approval of research project; transfer report; review of literature; thesis; oral examination and the graduation.
6. Set up core habits that relate to your goal.
For example, one of my goals is to become a great writer. My core habits to achieve this goal are: write 2000 words daily and read one hour a day books of my favourite authors.
7. Establish a minimum criteria for success in practicing your habits.
My minimum is for writing is 200o words and read for 1 hour. I can also watch you tubes videos to get ideas to improve, attend writing workshops, meet successful authors personally, attend their public events etc.
8. Describe why each habit is important. Why must you practice this habit? How does it relate to your goal?
9. Identify target days of the week you will perform the habit.
It may be 4 days are week or weekdays only, weekend only, etc. If you want to get fit you may decide to go to the gym on monday, wednesday, friday and sunday. If this is done over a period and you perform the exercises and have a good diet then you will be healthy and fit.
10. You need a good measure of how successful you are with your habits. Track your habits daily. By tracking daily you will know if you are on target or not. You can take remedial action if you are off track.
https://wahmednano.wordpress.com/2012/06/23/10-easy-steps-to-your-research-goals/
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9th Sep, 2016
Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
Fundamentally, there are two big motives for research.
The first motive is intellectual ambition: the desire to know and understand the word, to appreciate the best that has been said and thought on the topics that grip our imaginations.
In one of C.P. Snow’s Cambridge novels there’s an elderly character who looks back on his early days working under the chemist and physicist, Ernest Rutherford. “We used to run to our laboratories” he says. They were running because of the immense excitement of the discoveries that were unfolding.
...Aside from the pure pursuit of knowledge for its own sake, research is linked to problem solving. What this means is the solving of other people’s problems. That is, what other people experience as problems.
It starts with a tenderness and ambition that is directed at the needs of others – as they recognise and acknowledge those needs. This is, in effect, entry into a market place. Much research, of course, is conducted in precisely this way beyond the walls of the academy.
http://theconversation.com/a-question-universities-need-to-answer-why-do-we-research-6230
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9th Sep, 2016
Solomon M. Wambua
Kenya Institute of Special Education( KISE)
A Researcher aims at creating new knowledge. The findings of any research should add to the existing body of knowledge. Research should never be the rhetoric talk where endless ideas and opinions are expressed. It should lead to tangible evinced knowledge which may be translated into practical means of development. Development in different fields in this world have been informed by research.
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9th Sep, 2016
Ioannis Samaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
A researcher aims is an instance subset from the local cluster aims. If we focus in Europe (others say, please, for your society cluster model), then which are the European researcher aims ?
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9th Sep, 2016
Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
The aim of researchers is to make known something previously unknown to human beings. It is to advance human knowledge and to discover new facts and findings. Why it should be different in Europe?
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9th Sep, 2016
Ioannis Samaras
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
In Europe, the main (more than 80%) source of the applied science researcher's financial support is in context of the applied science and technology. Also, many of the researchers in the non applied science area, make natural links (rings) to the chain of their local applied science researchers. So, there is a correlation with the European cluster aims.
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9th Sep, 2016
Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan
Yazd University
The purpose of research is to discover answers to questions through the application of scientific procedures. The main aim of research is to find out the truth which is hidden and which has not been discovered as yet.
Though each research study has its own specific purpose, we may think of research objectives as falling into a number of following broad groupings:
1. To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights into it (studies with this object in view are termed as exploratory or formulative research studies).
2. To portray accurately the characteristics of a particular individual, situation or a group (studies with this object in view are known as descriptive research studies).
3. To determine the frequency with which something occurs or with which it is associated with something else (studies with this object in view are known as diagnostic research studies).
4. To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables (such studies are known as hypothesis-testing research studies).
Source:
Kothari, C. R. (2004). Research methodology: Methods and techniques. New Age International
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9th Sep, 2016
Mahamad Nabab Alam
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Thank you very much Prof. Behrouz Ahmadi-Nedushan for sharing your valuable opinion about this thread.
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9th Sep, 2016
Ali A R Aldallal
University Of Kufa
What are aims and what are objectives?
What are aims, and how do they differ from objectives? Well, it has to be said that the difference between aims and objectives is unclear, even to the compilers of dictionaries! In both the Concise Oxford and Webster's, aim and objective are synonymous. In research terms, the word "objective" is sometimes used to mean more detailed aims, but we'll come back to this in a moment.
Let's look at the easier question first. What are aims? Quite simply, they are statements of what the research sets out to achieve. Dissertation formats vary amongst, and across, universities, so it is very important to know the style that your course requires at an early stage. Typically, students are required to produce an overall aim for the research. This states the intention or purpose of your project in general terms, for instance:
- "To produce a protocol for measuring operator exposure to vibration from industrial ride-on lawn mowers"
- "To establish the extent to which the 'garbage can' model might influence risk management decisions in the public sector"
Some courses might require you to break down the overall aim into a set of more specific ones about what you are aiming to find out. There are usually around 3 - 5 of these more specificaims stated, but this is not a rule - more or less may be OK, depending on the circumstances. For example they might relate to
- synthesising available literature on your chosen subject to find something out, or
- carrying out a series of interviews with a group of people to find something else out,
- and so on.
One word of advice - I was always told by my research supervisors not to use the word "investigate" in stating research aims. This is because what you are doing overall is an investigation, and the aims should be more specific. More appropriate words might be discover, explain, evaluate, explicate, infer and so on.
Back to this problem of the difference between aims and objectives. It isn't worth getting too distracted by this, but objectives are often another term for the more specific research aims - see, for example, the advice given by one faculty of Manchester Metropolitan University, in their resource, Formulating Aims and Objectives. Whether you need to create aims, objectivesor both for your dissertation or thesis proposal, the most important matter is that you can answer the question "What do you want to find out?" Until you can answer this basic question, you really can't go any further in designing your research project.
http://ro.uwe.ac.uk/RenderPages/RenderLearningObject.aspx?Context=7&Area=1&Room=1&Constellation=2&LearningObject=5
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3rd Mar, 2017
Ali A R Aldallal
University Of Kufa
Aims Of Research
Introduction
The ultimate aims of research are to generate measurable and testable data, gradually adding to the accumulation of human knowledge.
Ancient philosophers believed that all answers could be achieved through deduction and reasoning rather than measurement.
Science now uses established research methods and standard protocols to test theories thoroughly.
It is important to remember that science and philosophy are intertwined and are essential elements of human advancement, both contributing to the way we view the world. Scientific research, however, allows us to test hypotheses and lay solid foundations for future research and study.
Observation and Description
The first stage of any research is to observe the world around us and to ask questions about why things are happening.
Every phenomenon in the universe has a reason behind it, and the aims of research are to understand and evaluate what is happening.
However simple the phenomenon or however easy it appears to be to generate logical and intuitive answers, scientific research demands rigorous testing for a truth to be accepted.
Describing the overall behavior of the subject is the first stage of any research, whether it is a case study or a full-blown 'true experimental design'.
https://explorable.com/aims-of-research
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5th May, 2017
Syed Amir Gilani
University of Lahore
Enlightening the world with hidden pearls of knowledge.
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6th Jun, 2017
Mohamed Hassaan
National Institute of Oceanography and Fisheries
Research.
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6th Jun, 2017
Emad Kamil Hussein
Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University
Research is exactly similar to stepped ladder, after and before each step there is another step, completing each other with infinite number of steps, so each idea in any field of knowledge will generate another one, this is the confined way of all of us as a researchers.
Regards, Emad
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6th Jun, 2017
Mahamad Nabab Alam
Indian Institute of Technology Roorkee
Dear Prof. Emad Kamil Hussein,
You have given an impressive answer to this question.
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6th Jun, 2017
Emad Kamil Hussein
Al-Furat Al-Awsat Technical University
Thank you so much my colleague Dr. Alam for your golden assessment. I just briefly describe our noble tasks as a researchers so I hope to be right in my so simple answer!!
Regards, Emad
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6th Jun, 2017
Orlando M Lourenço
University of Lisbon
Dear Mahamad,
That your question -- What should be the AIM of a researcher? -- has given rise to several and worthwhile answers, only compounds my idea that your question is a challenging question. To be honest, I must confess that I profit I bit from every answer and think that this may have been the case of the majority of, if not all, those who answered it.
Even though I has already answer to your question, I want to add an additional question whose main purpose is, say, to convey the gist of previous answers, while grounding them, as it were, in new theoretical frameworks.
As I see it, in a more or less explicit manner, all answers emphasize the idea that true researchers look for the unknown in their area of specialization. This is more so, the more they are able to raise, say, "irritating" questions or doubts, that is, questions whose response leads us to a better knowledge of the unknown (see, for this respect, C.S. Pierce, and his idea of the irritation of doubt). Paraphrasing Wittgenstein (see his book On Certainty), where there is no place for doubt, certainty does make any sense either.
Unfortunately, in my area of specialization, developmental psychology, there are occasions on which researches raise, say, rhetorical more than "irritating" questions or doubts. To illustrate this, think of an experiment carried out to "test" that Piagetian formal operations appear only after concrete operations. As, by definition, formal operations are operations on concrete operations, we need not to run a experiment to "test" that the later are priori to the former in terms of their emergence. This also means that we, researchers, should be, say, "students of logic" and only after this to be "students of nature". As I see it, this idea appears in Wittgenstein's astute remark that philosophical and scientific problems arise when our language goes on holiday (see his famous Philosophical Investigations). That is, when we, as researchers, do not strive for conceptual analysis and clarification, problems appear almost necessarily. As all of us agree, I think, that a research performed in an atmosphere of conceptual confusion, rarely, if ever, clarifies anything. As a philosopher of language, Wittgenstein thought of himself as a conceptual therapist, that is, as someone who aimed at, say, cleaning the track for scientists to do well their job as researchers.
I ignore to what extent the unfortunate reality mentioned above also exists in other domains of knowledge. My educated guess is that such an unfortunate reality is more common in the so called "soft sciences" than in the so called "hard sciences", because the former deals with elusive concept, such as cognitive maps, mental interrupters, and the like.
As I see it, there is a second feature that lies at the heart of several answers to your question. In other words, however much we look for the unknown, there will always be an unknown to be known or found. In this vein, I like Emad's metaphor of a stepped ladder (see above), on the condition that the focal ladder has countless steps, what he also recognizes. Piaget once remarked that when we perform a research to know of a certain reality, such knowledge reveals that the focal reality contains issues we had not foresee. That is, our knowledge of the unknown never ends. Note also that reality whatever is dynamic, not static.
I hope that I has been able to convey the gist of the answers to your question while grounding them on authors whose works I admire (e.g., Piaget, Pierce, Wittgenstein).
I wait also for further answers to your challenging question.
Best regards, Orlando
6th Jun, 2017
Kumar Anand
Vinoba Bhave University
The aim.of a researcher is to.disseminate his or her work.to.others.Its not necessary that every work.has.to.be cited.A good work.or a good research needs to be presented in.a.precise manner.
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6th Jun, 2017
Syed Amir Gilani
University of Lahore
to contribute something for benefit of humanity-- to play his role to serve the human being
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