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Sub: Research Methodology Teacher: Mr. Gaikwad Sangharsh

Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s S.M. Joshi College Hadapsar, Pune 28 Introduction to Research Methods. Sub: Research Methodology Teacher: Mr. Gaikwad Sangharsh. Research Defined. Research is an organized and systematic way to find answers to questions

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Sub: Research Methodology Teacher: Mr. Gaikwad Sangharsh

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  1. Rayat Shikshan Sanstha’s S.M. Joshi College Hadapsar, Pune 28Introduction to Research Methods Sub: Research Methodology Teacher: Mr. GaikwadSangharsh

  2. Research Defined • Research is an organized and systematic way to find answers to questions • Research is a creative process

  3. Why is research important to medicine and public health? • Knowledge obtained from sound research is transformed into clinical practice, leading to medical practice that is evidence-based.

  4. The Research Idea • Professional experience • Burning questions • Literature • Professional meetings • Discussions

  5. Criteria for developing a good research question • Feasible • Interesting • Novel • Ethical • Relevant • Cummings et al. 2001

  6. Feasible Subjects Resources Manageable Data available? Interesting Novel In relation to previous findings Confirm or refute? New setting, new population Ethical Social or scientific value Safe Relevant Advance scientific knowledge? Influence clinical practice? Impact health policy? Guide future research? Good research question?

  7. A Research Question Must Identify • The variables under study • The population being studied • The testability of the question

  8. Variables in research • Have 2 or more properties or qualities • Age, sex, weight, height • Is one variable related to another? • “ Is X related to Y? What is the effect of X on Y?” etc.

  9. Independent variable: has a presumed effect on the dependent variable (outcome) May or may not be manipulated Dependent variable: Something that varies with a change in the independent variable Outcome variable Variables in research

  10. Hypothesis • Statement about the relationship between 2 or more variables • Converts the question into a statement that predicts an expected outcome • A unit or subset of the research problem

  11. Characteristics of hypotheses • Declarative statement that identifies the predicted relationship between 2 or more variables • Testability • Based on sound scientific theory/rationale

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