5 Disadvantages of research

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Research is the scientific and systematic way for searching in-depth information about certain geographical or social phenomena to reach a conclusion.

In other words, Research Is the careful collection of data/information based on a problem, analyzing the data and making conclusion out of those collected. Or Research is a scientific and systematic process of collecting, analyzing and interpreting data basing on a certain phenomena.

RESEARCH DATA

Is a body of information about a particular problem

TYPES/SOURCES OF DATA IN RESEARCH

i) Primary source/data is the original data collected directly from the field, they are obtained through interviews, questionnaires, observation and focus group discussion.

ii) Secondary sources/data is the data collected from documents. Example; through books, journals, economics, survey, census report, official report

The following are disadvantages of research

it consumes a lot of time hence the researcher can not do other things. research is the process which involve finding the research problem, preparing research design and methodology, collecting data and issuing research report, these activities takes time and may hinder the researcher from performing other activities such as teaching and looking after his or her family

it is expensive to conduct research since sometimes it needs funds to hire research assistant, money for transportation, and money to print and distribute the questionnaire
some findings may be useless and confusing to the community
the researcher may concentrate on a single problem leaving many other problems unsolved for example attention on HIV/AIDS ignoring education
research is confined only to intellectuals thus making it inapplicable in illiterate societies’

characteristics of research process

it must be controlled: in order to reliably establish a cause and effect relationship, it is sometimes important to design a study in such a way that enables you to link cause and effect and vice versa so that you can study the extent of the impact of the cause and effect
it must be rigorous
it must be systematic
it must be valid and verifiable
it must be empirical
it must be critical: critical scrutiny of the procedures used and the methods employed is crucial to research enquiry. the process adopted and procedures used must be able to withstand critical scrutiny

strength and weakness of quantitative research

strength

it is objective
more reliable and valid
use of statistical techniques facilitate sophisticated analysis of data
the numerical data can be analysed in quick and easy way
quantitative research are replicable
quantitative experiment are useful for testing the result

weaknesses

quantitative research requires a large number of respondents. it is assumed that the larger the sample is the more accurate the results reflect the characteristics of research population
it is costly this is due to the fact that it need more respondents as compared to qualitative research
contextual factors to help interpret the results or to explain variation are usually ignored
much information are difficult to gather using structured research instruments