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Consensus Building Using E-Research
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Author(s): Diane P. Janes (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)
Copyright: 2005
Pages: 7
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Encyclopedia of Distance Learning
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Caroline Howard (HC Consulting, USA), Judith V. Boettcher (Designing for Learning, USA), Lorraine Justice (Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong), Karen D. Schenk (K. D. Schenk and Associates Consulting, USA), Patricia L. Rogers (Bemidji State University, USA)and Gary A. Berg (California State University Channel Islands (Retired), USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-555-9.ch057
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Abstract
Research is a quest driven by a specific question that needs an answer. Leedy (1993) in his book, Practical Research: Planning and Design, lists eight characteristics to define research, as follows. 1. Originates with a question or a problem; 2. Requires a clear articulation of a goal; 3. Follows a specific plan of procedure; 4. Usually divides the principal problem into more manageable sub-problems; 5. Is a specific research problem, question, or hypothesis that will guide research; 6. Accepts certain critical assumptions (these assumptions are underlying theories or ideas about how the world works); 7. Requires the collection and interpretation of data in attempting to resolve the problem that initiated the research; and 8. Is, by its nature, cyclical, or more exactly, spiral or helical.
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