What is Research? Nature and Scope of Research. Types of Research

1. Presented To:
Dr. A.K. Kalia
Associate Professor
Dept. of Education
M.D.U., Rohtak.
SEMINAR ON EDUCATIONAL
RESEARCH: NATURE, SCOPE &
TYPES
Presented By:
Name: Shikha Sharma
Course: M.Phil.
Roll No.: 91
Dept. of Education

3. The word “research” is derived from the
French word “recherche”, which means
“to go about seeking”, “to search after or
to investigate”.
The term itself being derived from French
term “recerchier” a compound word from
“re” + “cerchier”, or “sercher” meaning
„search‟.
So research is a scientific and systematic
search for pertinent information on a
specific concept or fact.

5. Definition of Research
 According to Redman & Mory, “Systematic effort to gain
new knowledge”.
 According to Creswell, “Research is a process of steps
used to collect and analyze information to increase our
understanding of a topic or issue”.
 According to John Best, “Research is to be the formal,
systematic, intensive process of carrying on the scientific
method of analysis. It involves a more systematic
structure of investigation, usually resulting in some sort
of formal record of procedures and a report of results or
conclusion”.

6. Conclusion from Definitions of Research

7. EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH
 The term Educational Research consists of two
words “education” & “research”. Education means
modification in behavior and research means a
systematic inquiry.
 So, Educational Research is the systematic
attempt to gain better understanding of
educational process, generally with a view to
improve its efficiency.
 According to Mouly, “educational research is
systematic application of scientific method for
solving educational problems”.

8. Nature of Educational Research
1. It is systematic: It is systematic because it has step by step
process starts from problem formulation, literature review,
hypotheses formulation, research design, data collection,
data analysis & ends at Report-writing.
2. It is scientific: It is scientific because it contains Rules,
Principles, methods, techniques for conducting the
research.
3. It has objectivity: It is carried out on some topic/issue &
has an objective to collect information related for the
same.
4. It has verifiability: Educational research results can be
verified.

9. Nature of Educational Research
5. It has definiteness: Educational research has definiteness as it is
directed towards a direction and on specific topic.
6. It is an art & science both: It is an art because it provides the
researcher necessary skill to collect, analyze & presentation. It
is science because it uses various scientific tools for data
collection & data analysis.
7. It has wider scope: It is used in almost all areas of education
like philosophy, psychology, sociology, technology, educational
planning etc.
8. It is a tool for development of new knowledge: educational
research act as a tool for the development of new knowledge or
method or technique with the generalization of results.

10. Nature of Educational Research
9. It aids in decision making: As educational research
provides result on that basis, it helps educators to adopt
new methods or approaches in educational system.
10. It is qualitative & quantitative both: It collects
quantitative data like scores & qualitative data like
attitude, opinionnaire etc.
11. It relies on empirical evidences: It relies for the results on
the experiment & observation.

11.  Educational Philosophy
 Educational Psychology
 Educational Sociology
 Economics of Education
 Educational Management & Administration
 Educational Technology
 Educational Measurement
 Curriculum
 Comparative Education
 Guidance & Counselling

12. Types of Educational Research
On The Basis of Purpose
• Basic Research / Fundamental Research
• Applied Research
• Action Research
• Evaluation Research
On The Basis of Method
• Historical Research
• Descriptive Research
• Experimental Research
• Casual Comparative Research
• Correlational Research
• Conceptual Research

13. Type of Educational Research
Quantitative
Research
Qualitative
Research