There is No Hope of Doing Perfect Research

Before you agree or disagree with the statement according to the Griffiths (1998, P97), there is no hope of doing perfect research, do you agree? You need to have clearing understanding about the word research. According to the Concise Oxford English Dictionary, eleventh edition, the word research means, “the systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.” This short definition defines research as an approach for finding, exploring, or knocking new doors of knowledge. The basic purpose of research is to study and exploring new findings in accordance to human knowledge. Whereas, according to the Griffiths, there is no hope of doing perfect research. I do believe and agree with this statement. However, there are several reasons behind the agreement to the statement. In true aspects, research is basically an ongoing or you can say ever going process.

Ideally speaking, without conducting research, we can’t achieve the lifestyle which we are currently having in our lives. We can’t have the latest computing machines, high-speed, sports cars, and fighter planes. Even though, without conducting a research, we can even have weapons of mass destruction as well. All in all, we won’t have all such luxuries, which are said to be essential part of our healthy lifestyle. However, there is always a possibility of good or you can say successive research rather having a perfect research. Originally, we all as human beings are not perfect as well. Hence, we all always seeking and expecting perfect research, which remains impossible to achieve. But, you can’t ignore the possibilities of successful research. Currently, what we have achieved as well as invented is only result of successful continuous research. In addition, research enables you to fight against deadliest diseases. The high-speed internet communication is result of the continuous research which makes the communication faster than ever before.  This makes clear that success research exists in this world rather than perfect research.

            There are mainly two types of research you can find in many books. The one is “basic research” and the other is “applied research.” According to the 2008 book, Encyclopedia of Quantitative Research Methods, by Given, M Lisa “basic research is undertaken for its own sake—to advance knowledge, to develop theory, to solve an interesting theoretical puzzle, or to address a curiosity of the researcher—without any immediate concern for whether doing so will produce anything useful or practical or generalizable. Applied research, in contrast, specifically aims to do something practical about a relatively immediate problem.”

The author has explained about both “basic” and “applied” research. Although, it is very briefly cited, as both types of research can be explained more thoroughly. So, the idea which can be driven from this brief explanation is that the basic research can be initiated in order to develop a particular theory or for the sake of advance knowledge. Whereas, the applied result is specifically aiming or you can associated with an immediate practical problem. A certain problem which was unidentified in the past, now has be arisen, so applied research mainly or is specifically aiming to find solution for such problems.

In conclusion, I agree with Griffiths’ statement that ‘there is no hope of doing perfect research.’ There are always certain limitations associated with almost any kind of research which has been carried out, there is always been something new to learn or to have new findings in result of a particular research. It is an ongoing process, which plays a vital role in the lives of human beings.

  

 Works Cited

Dictionary, Oxford Concise. Eleventh Edition,  "Research," (2009). Document.

Given, M Lisa. "Encyclopedia Of Qualitative Research Methods." California SAGE Publications, (2008): 57-58. Document.