WHY DO RESEARCH Dr Mary Wangari Kuria MBChB, Mmed, PhD Psych.

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WHY DO RESEARCH Dr Mary Wangari Kuria MBChB, Mmed, PhD Psych

GROUP ACTIVITY 1.What is research?

What is research? 1.Research is search for pertinent information on a specific topic 2.Careful investigation or inquiry specially through search for new facts in any branch of knowledge(advanced learners dictionary) 3.Systemic effort to gain knowledge(RedMan and Mory 4.The systemic method consisting of enunciating the method, formulating hypothesis, collecting the facts or data, analyzing the facts and reaching certain conclusions either in form of solutions towards the concerned problem(CR Kothari 2008)

Why do research Group activity(10 mins) 1.What is your research topic 2.Why do you want to do that particular research

Decentralized sites The prevalence of depression, suicidality, alcohol use disorders PTSD in hospital going population

Why do research? 1.To discover answers to questions 2.To find out hidden truth which has not been discovered 3.To gain familiarity with a phenomenon or to achieve new insights(exploratory research 4.To portray accurately the characteristics of a particular individual, situation or a group(descriptive research studies)

Why do research 5. To determine the frequency with which something occurs or with which it is associated with something else 6. To test a hypothesis of a causal relationship between variables (experimental )