Problem Formulation
Abood Mohammed Jameel
abood.jameel@cihanuniversity.edu.iq
Abstract-
My aim here is to give a very brief overview of some of the main methodological points you should be aware of when planning your own research, or deciding whether you should trust research that someone else has done.
The idea of research, of course, is to make discoveries, understand things better, and in the long run to improve things. It’s useful to make this a little more definite by thinking of what the outputs from a research project might be. I can think of the following possibilities:
Discovering the truth about something.
Creating, modifying, or justifying a theory or model of something. Finding a good, or better, way of doing or implementing something. This list probably is not complete, and the categories may overlap. The outputs may be in the form of a report for the audience to read (about the truth for example), or a computer program, or some teaching materials. What is definitely worth noting is that there are two, apparently very different, criteria for evaluating these outputs. The first is "Is it true?" And the second is "Is it useful?" The aim of a research project is usually to improve the future by finding out how to manage better. My focus is on Accounting research, but many similar issues apply to other areas like Management, education, medicine, or sciences like genetics.
Keywords- Solving Problem, Research Method, Quantitative Methods.
Date: 20/05/2020
Place: Academic hall - building 8