Muhammad Marwat.
Marwat\'s logical trajectory of research process: an overview.
Gomal J Med Sci Jan ;21(4):213-7.

Research may be defined on the basis of why or how. Why we do research? Logical definition? Its objectives/ benefits? We do research to solve a problem. How we do research? Operational definition? What physical steps we take to conduct research? Research is a 4-steps systematic process. Systematic means step by step; where activity and output of each step is known beforehand. Process means a never ending activity. 1. Topic Selection & Formulation. Formulation of topic gives us proposal. 2. Data Collection. It gives us unorganized facts & figures; not usable for the end-user. 3. Data Analysis. It gives us organized facts & fig- ures called information; usable for the end-user. 4. Report Writing. It gives us thesis/ dissertation, article or book. The above noted trajectory belongs to the late Prof. Dr. Allah Nawaz from Department of Public Adminis- tration, Gomal University, D.I.Khan, Pakistan. I have devised a new flow of eight logical steps to conduct a research project, known as "Marwat`s Logical Trajectory of Research Process". Steps 1-5 are related to the `Why` of the research project or `Introduction` of the research problem. Steps 6-8 are related to the `How` of the research project or `Methods` to get the answer for the research question. 1. Research Problem (RP) 2. Knowledge Gap (KG) 3. Research Question (RQ) 4. Research Objective (RO) 5. Research (Null) Hypothesis (RH) 6. Data Collection (DC) 7. Data Analysis (DA) 8. Data Interpretation (DI)

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