In a 5-6 page paper, describe and discuss the five methods of scientific research

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Assignment 2: Research

Criminal justice practitioners face many issues that need solutions. Society as a whole, as well as communities, depends on these solutions to maintain order and functionality. Being familiar with conducting research is a valuable asset for criminal justice practitioners.

In a 5-6 page paper, describe and discuss the five methods of scientific research (Observation/Research, Hypothesis, Prediction, Experimentation, Conclusion). Identify and discuss at least three social research designs used in criminological research. As an appendix to your paper, please include a flow chart of the five methods of scientific research. Be sure to include at least four credible sources.

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Running Head: METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

Five Methods of Scientific Research
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METHODS OF SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

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Five Methods of Scientific Research
Introduction
Before coming up with research methods, it is important to understand the actual
meaning of research. Research methods refer to ways and procedures that are used to obtain
information on a person or collective phenomena for the study. Research refers to the
conscientious study of a problem or subject. It is a significant type of inquiry which is designed
in assisting in the finding out answers. Research also leads to the creation of new answers. In
criminology, research is very important for it used by criminal enforcement officers in exploring,
generating and testing a hypothesis to give out insights on criminal activities. Science, on the
other hand, is a systematic as well as a logical approach to discovering the way thing in the
world work. This is a body of knowledge which accumulates all the discoveries about everything
in the universe. Thus scientific research refers to the performing research where the researchers
or the scientists use scientific ways to collect measurable, as well as empirical evidence to come
up with a hypothesis which aims at ether contradicting or supporting a theory or a finding. The
scientific research follows the following methods.
Five methods of scientific research
Make an observation
This is the first step which a researcher is supposed to take to enable him or her to go
about the research. This first step can also be termed as research, and it is the first step in
understanding the issue being researched about. These observations made should not be
subjective but objective. The observations should be easy to verify. After coming with a topic to

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