Research Paper

          Research Paper is the product of careful, critical, disciplined inquiry, varying in technique and method according to the nature and conditions of the identified problem, towards the resolution or clarification of a problem. Research is the systematic search for pertinent information on a specific topic or problem. After a careful, systematic search for pertinent information or data on a specific topic or problem, and after the research worker has analyzed and interpreted the data, he eventually faces another essential task - that of preparing the research report. In a more comprehensive form, research is a purposive, systematic and scientific process of gathering, analyzing, classifying, organizing, presenting, and interpreting data for the solution of a problem, for prediction, for invention, for the discovery of truth, or for the expansion of existing knowledge, all for the preservation and improvement of the quality of human life.

          Research is simply a systematic and refined technique of thinking, employing specialized tools, instruments and procedures in order to obtain a more adequate solution of a problem than would be possible under ordinary means. It involves original work instead of a mere exercise of opinion. Following are more specific purposes and goals of research: to discover new facts about known phenomena; to find answers to problems that are only partially solved by existing methods and information; improve existing techniques and develop new instruments or products; to discover previously unrecognized substances or elements; to provide basis for decision-making in business, industry, education, government, and in other fields of studies; to find answers to questions through the use of scientific methods; to acquire a better and deeper understanding about one phenomenon that can be known and understood better by research.