Bahir Dar Institute of Technology(BiT)

Faculty of Mechanical and Industrial

Engineering
Course Title:- Research Method (Meng 4281)
Topic :- Research process
Program: regular 4th year

Prepared by Tibebu M.
May /2021
Bahir Dar, Ethiopia
 What is research process ?

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It is the systematic manner in which a researcher approaches their area of study to produce knowledge
which the community will consider to be worth while within the field.
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There are four principles stages in the research process that we will cover here:
Inquiry
Collection
Organization
Presentation
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Series of various actions, which are necessary to effective research work.
Research process consist of a number of closely related activities.
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Various steps involved in a research process are not mutually exclusive; nor they are separate &distinct.
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 7 STEPS OF RESEARCH PROCESS
Step One: Define research problem

Step Two: Review of literature

Step Three: Formulate hypotheses

Step Four: Preparing the research design

Step Five: Data collection

Step Six: Data analysis

Step Seven: Interpretation and report writing

Step Six: Data Analysis
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The analysis of data requires a number of closely related operations such as
establishment of categories. This stage mainly include :
1.Coding
2.Editing
3.Tabulation
 Step Seven: Interpretation and Report Writing

Researcher has to prepare the report of what has been done by him.
Writing of report includes:
The preliminary pages;
The main text, and
End matter