UGC NET Study Notes On Research Process

1. Selecting the research area.

The researcher is expected the state the research areas that want to research.
The reason: it could be due to professional and personal interests in the area.
the whole process of doing research becomes easier if one is genuinely interested in the areas of the area of research.
Therefore, it is never too early to start thinking about the research area for your dissertation.

2. Formulating research aim, objectives and research questions or developing hypotheses.

These results from several revision and attempts.
These need to mentioned in the chapter based on methodology.
The supervisor needs to confirm researchers questions and hypothesis before moving forward with the work.

3. Conducting the literature review

This stage is the longest stage in the whole research process.
The literature review starting even before the formulation of the research objective and aims.
The researcher needs to check if exactly the same research problem has been addressed before.
The main part of the literature review is done after the formulation of the research objective and aim.
The researcher has to use a wide range of secondary data sources such as newspaper, books, magazines, journals, online articles etc.

4. Selecting methods of data collection

Data collection method are to be selected on the basis of analyzing the disadvantages and advantages associated with many alternative data collection methods.
In research involving primary data collection, in-depth discussions of the disadvantages and advantages of selected primary data collection method need to be included in the methodology of research.

5. Collecting the primary data

Primary data collection needs to be preceded by a great level of preparation and pilot data collection may be required in the case of questionnaires.
Primary data collection is not a compulsory stage for all dissertations and researcher can skip this stage if he/she are conducting desk-based research.

6. Data analysis

Data Analysis plays a crucial role in the achievement of the research objective and aim.
Data analysis methods vary between primary and secondary studies, as well as, between quantitative and qualiitative studies.

7. Reaching conclusions

Conclusions relate to the level of achievement of research objectives and aims.
In this final part of your dissertation, the researcher will have to justify why he/she thinks that research aims and objectives have been achieved.
The conclusions also have to cover research suggestions and limitations for future research.

We hope you all understood the research process for Paper-1 for UGC NET Exam 2022.

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