UNIT :- 1 :- INTRODUCTION :1)

METHODS OF ACQUIRING KNOWLEDGE :- (B 4) a) Unstructured Method : (TAETI) 1. Tradition 2. Authority 3. Experience 4. Trial and error 5. Intuition b) Structured Method : 1. Induction (ISJohar) (ISG) 2. Deduction (DGS) 3. Nursing Process 4. Research

2) Problem Solving Method : (B 16)

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Scientific Approach (Method) : (B 13,18)

4) Characteristics of Scientific Method : 1. Problem solving 2. Hypothesis 3. Controls 4. Evidence/empirical 5. Generalization 6. Theory 5) Definitions Research (B 15), (18) 6) Characteristics of Research (18) 1. Problem solving 2. Hypothesis 3. Controls 4. Evidence/empirical 5. Generalization 6. Theory

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Purposes of Research (P - ) 1. Identification 2. Description 3. Exploration 4. Explanation 5. Prediction and control

8) Kinds of Research (B 43) I. According to earnest desire directed towards research 1. Basic research 2. Applied research 3. Descriptive research 4. Diagnostic research 5. Exploratory research 6. Evaluative research 7. Action research II. According to methods of study research A. Qualitative research 1. Phenomenological 2. Grounded theory 3. Ethnographic 4. Historical B. Quantitative research a) Experimental a. True experimental 1. b. Quasi experimental c. Non-experimental 9)