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Mercurio Activity01
Mercurio Activity01
Name: Leodian Diadem D. Mercurio Course, Year & Section: BSA 4-C
1. Define research.
According to Meriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the word research is coined from the
Middle French word "recherche", which comes from deriving a compound Old French term
"recerchier";"re-" (which means again or once more) and "cerchier" ( meaning to search, to
seek, to look for), together they define research as a "Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or
revise facts, principles, theories, applications, etc.; laborious or continued search after truth"
(Etymologeek, n.d.) and is described as "a careful, systematic, patient study and investigation in
some field of knowledge, undertaken to establish, facts or principles" (Thyer, 2001). Here, it is
emphasize that a research is a systematic inquiry that is compromise by defining and refining
problems, to formulating hypothesis, collecting, organizing, evaluates data and reach to research
conclusions.
In a clear and concise definition, research is a process of creating new knowledge or ideas
begins with a question with an unknown answer or a study that aid us verify its credibility and to
understand easier the existing data of an available knowledge. For a research to be acknowledge
as one it must undertake certain defined parameters, it must adhere to the three criteria that
governs research:
2. Makes use of procedures, methods, and techniques that have been tested for their validity and
reliability. And
utilizes acceptable scientific methodology to solve problems and create new knowledge that is
generally applicable (Dawson); is a systematic investigation to establish facts (Creswell, 2008),
and a detailed study of a subject that entails the gathering and analyzing data to arrive with a
applying the criteria to its consummation varies to its field of academic discipline.
According to the education material that was given to us, there are 10 steps that would assist us to
5. The researcher should declare all the possible errors and their possible impact on the findings.
9. The researcher should have a good command of research methodologies and be intelligent and
experienced.
10. Ethics in research refers to a code of conduct for behavior while conducting research. Ethical
conduct applies to the organization and the members who sponsor the research, the researchers
who undertake it, and the respondents who provide the necessary data.
Ensuring the quality of a research is important for many reasons. The most obvious is that
the whole point of research is to produce reliable data for a new discovery or idea. First and
foremost, to ensure the quality of a research, one must consider the transparency when describing
must be enlisted in detail to be understood by all. When using jargons on the research, terms and
definitions must be listed in the terminologies of the paper, for the audience to understand. One
should be meticulous in planning its research design because it is your blueprint or key to
effectively address the research problem. Thus, method of analysis used should be appropriate.
In doing a research, the researcher must be honest, unbiased and objective in declaring the
results, the possible errors and possible impacts from the results. This will ensure that your data is
free from preconception. Data acquired must also be sufficient or adequate to reveal significance.
When gathering and collecting data to be applied in the research, one must be meticulous, rigid
Above all, to ensure the quality of the research, the research itself must be intelligent,
experienced, have a good command for research methodologies and behave accordingly when
There are multiple reasons why behaving accordingly to the ethical conduct during
research is crucial. According to Enago Academy (2021), “The credibility of the scientific
community and the perception of the public to judge and accept new results strongly depends on
the authenticity of the results that have been published” and researchers are required to ensure
conformance to ethical requirements during scientific research, including the proper design and
regulations, adhering to norms related to authorship and intellectual property, and keeping
important social and moral values that will ensure that the public can trust research and be
confident in it.
References:
Enago Academy. (2021, September 30). Importance of Research Ethics. Retrieved from
https://www.enago.com/academy/importance-of-research-ethics/