The degree to which the observation are controlled and alternative explanations of the outcome are ruled out
Points to the need to examine topics on a step-by-step procedure rather than to plunge hap-hazardly into sources of data
points to the need to gather factual data and to test subjective reality and ha ve findings open to further scrunity and testing
The "why" of the research, focused on the need to investigate and search for truth and knowledge, which separates research from everyday ways of learning
the "what" of research which includes the scope covering the phenomenon of its problem with some limits of the invedtigation
The essence of research in finding out the answer to the problem raised more specifically, addressing the objectives formulated
The "how" of research which explains the means to an end or arriving at data specifying the designs, identifying samples/respondents of the study
Research is based on valid procedures and principles
Research exhibits careful and precisejudgment
It determines what should be done based on the findings
It is concerned with the interation of the components of the variable being investigated
The researcher studies the variables pertinent to a specific situation
The researcher includes the relationships of the variables
This begins with the total situation, focusing attention on the system first and on its internal relationships
This is one in which inferential statistics are utilized to determine the results of the study
This is conducted for a specific audience and is not shared beyond that evidence
This is based on the belief that what people do depends on what they perceive or what goes on their minds
This refers to the performance of the communicator
This determines the nature and characteristics of the message
This is to know the current trends in such areas as community media system
This stage involves foretelling of the likelihood of the crises occuring either natural or man-made
This stage involves the institution of passive and active security measures
The action phase begins as soon as the on-scene command post is established
All unit commanders are required to understand and acquaint themselves on crisis management doctrine
This stage begins as soon as the perpetrators surrender, or when they are acptured or neutralized