The

Definition
of Research
Maslathif Dwi Purnomo, Ph.D
Research Methodology in English Education
 Research is carried out based on a research problem

What is occurred, where the research problem itself arises because of

the background of the problem, which is born from life
problems (Cresswell, 2012).
Research?
Research (English) Research is carried out in a planned, systematic, repetitive
and recherche (France) and measurable manner, (Babbie, 2009).

Re (kembali)
to search (mencari)
Research must have originality and novelty, as well as
produce original contributions to knowledge in the form of
discovering or revising theories, methods, facts, and
applications (Best, 2010).
Why is a
research Departing from the existence of a research problem
(which may already have a known method of solving,
conducted? but not yet known a better method of solving)

The process of exploring the unknown, studying and

learning new things, building new knowledge about
things that no one has understood before (Berndtssonet
al., 2008)
What is pursued Research is a considered activity, which
in research? aims to make an original contribution to
knowledge (contribution to the body of
knowledge, in the research field of
interest) (Dawson, 2009)
The Form of
Contribution to the
Knowledge
Inquiry and investigation of a
problem that is carried out
repeatedly and systematically,
with the aim of discovering or
revising theories, methods,
facts, and applications.
The Character of 1. Researchers can be wrong (wrong
hypothesis , wrong analysis , wrong
Researchers hypothesis testing , and so on)
2. However, researchers should not lie or
deceive (playing with data,
manipulating statistical processing
results, and so on).
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