Types of Research - Definitions Action research is a methodology that combines action and research to examine specific questions, issues

or phenomena through observation and reflection, and deliberate intervention to improve practice. Applied research is research undertaken to solve practical problems rather than to acquire knowledge for knowledge sake. Basic research is experimental and theoretical work undertaken to acquire new knowledge without looking for long-term benefits other than the advancement of knowledge. Clinical trials are research studies undertaken to determine better ways to prevent, screen for, diagnose or treat diseases. Epidemiological research is concerned with the description of health and welfare in populations through the collection of data related to health and the frequency, distribution and determinants of disease in populations, with the aim of improving health. Evaluation research is research conducted to measure the effectiveness or performance of a program, concept or campaign in achieving its objectives. Literature review is a critical examination, summarisation, interpretation or evaluation of existing literature in order to establish current knowledge on a subject. Qualitative research is research undertaken to gain insights concerning attitudes, beliefs, motivations and behaviours of individuals to explore a social or human problem and include methods such as focus groups, in-depth interviews, observation research and case studies. Quantitative research is research concerned with the measurement of attitudes, behaviours and perceptions and includes interviewing methods such as telephone, intercept and door-to-door interviews as well as self-completion methods such as mail outs and online surveys. Service or program monitoring and evaluation involves collecting and analysing a range of processes and outcome data in order to assess the performance of a service or program and to determine if the intended or expected results have been achieved. 1. The students should read more books for improve their research knowledge 2. The students may visit library and utilize internet facility for collect more relevant data. 3. The students must progress their thinking capacity 4. The students should take kneer observation. 5. The students may participate more conference and seminars. 6. The students should write articles in different field and to publish many articles in national and international journals 7. The students should have self motivation and encouragement at any time.

For many topics your primary source material should be the music itself, its score and sound recordings. Your secondary sources should include specialized books and periodical articles. You should consider general textbooks and dictionary or encyclopedia articles only as starting points; a good research paper requires the use of more sophisticated source materials. Acquint yourself thoroughly with the materials in the Music Library. Begin your research with the most recent scholarly materials. Avoid outdated sources and facile works

intended for music lovers rather than music scholars. The object of your research paper is to penetrate your topic well beyond the level of a general textbook or listener's guide. For anything to be a topic there must be something that is unknown popularly known as a knowledge gap. This assertion can therefore be a good guiding principle in searching for a research topic. There are several sources of research topics one can always draw upon depending on circumstances. First and easiest is the areas for future research. This is normally found at the very end after conclusion in research-based journals, periodicals or any other research work. A second, one is a topical issue. When something has just happened, it offers great opportunity for research since not much is known about it. An example is the 7/11. The third sources are Policy objectives. This method offers a lot of virgin research areas. For instance, policies are made daily and they always give objectives to be achieved in order to contribute to the said policy. One type of topic can be to investigate whether the set objectives were achieved or indeed if the set objective contributes to the policy at all.

A textbook. Textbooks introduce a topic to non-specialists and generally include a bibliography of books and articles consulted. A good chapter can provide an overview and the bibliography can point to more information. Encyclopedias. A general encyclopedia covers the entire range of human knowledge in brief. A search for a basic concept recalls every mention of that concept in the encyclopedia, indicating different contexts for it and some of the fields of study that have explored it. Subject Encyclopedias cover the knowledge base of a single discipline in brief. A search here can familiarize you with some of the different contexts within which your topic has been discussed in a discipline. Periodical Indexes. Searching a simple term in a general periodical database like InfoTrac OneFile retrieves articles from magazines and journals that include your topic. This will give you a chance to see what's being written on your topic in magazines like Time, Sports Illustrated, or Psychology Today, and journals like Communication Quarterly, Journal of Sociology, or Urban Studies.