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Course Introduction
WHAT WILL YOU LEARN?
Research, is all about generating answers to research questions in order to advance knowledge. Fundamentally, the research questions are derived from a particular research topic or an area of interest. It, then begin by finding out who has studied the research problem you plan to examine to ensure that you do not conduct a research study that has already been done but to enable you to build on the existing knowledge and improving on the subject matter. After having settled down with the appropriate research topic, you will move on to identify through research review and other references to decide on the research approach whether it is going to be qualitative or quantitative or a mixed type. Next you will be in a position to decide on the research strategy and establish your research design. The research design then leads you to the methods to collect the data to find answers to the research questions and to achieve your research objectives.