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and/or tabulation is required to be done to extract
firsthand concise information from the raw data.
With the help of the processing and tabulation of
the information, a researcher will be in a position
to understand to some extent whether the results
are in possible direction with the objectives or
not. At this juncture, a researcher may note the
findings in brief in the form of text or paragraphs,
tables, graphs, etc. Analysis of data is the most
critical and vital part of a research program in
unearthing the hidden truth from the area of
research concerned. Various analytical (mathe-
matical and statistical) tools are available, and
with the advancement of computing facility,
most of them are used nowadays. But the most
important thing is that not all analytical tools are
useful/applicable in extracting/discovering the
hidden truth in all types of research problems or
under all situations. The researcher should
know what he/she wants to get from a parti-
cular analysis, whether the analysis taken up
is applicable/useful under a particular situation,
whether proper tools have been used in the
most correct manner, and whether the findings
from the analysis are being explained in a proper
manner. Given a set of data, it can be analyzed in
numerous ways using a number of techniques,
but definitely all are not going to provide accu-
rate result in line of the objective of a research
program. The researcher should be well aware
about the “garbage in and garbage out” system of
computing facilities. Thus, there is a need for coor-
dination and understanding at the highest level
between the researchers and analytical experts.
2.1.13 Verification of Results
Once the results of a research program are
interpreted, these should be verified/authenticated.
Nowadays, taking advantage of Internet facility,
various discussion boards are emerging out to dis-
cuss on a specific topic. Researchers can very well
discuss the findings with the experts of the relevant
field; they may post their findings in the web and
invite discussions. They may also search the liter-
ature to gather knowledge about their findings. It
may be noted that a research finding may be an
expected or unexpected one. A good researcher
should not bother about the expected one; he/she
should have an open mind to accept both the
expected and unexpected. Rather on getting the
unexpected result, a researcher might be interested
to verify the entire research program, starting from
the formulation of the problem to the outcome of a
research program.
2.1.14 Conclusion
Conclusion is the most important part of a
research activity; it summarizes in a systematic
manner about the whole research program,
starting from the conceptualization of the
program to the ultimate findings and their
interpretations. In doing so, it must be kept/
borne in mind that it should be neither too long
nor too brief. The main objective of a conclusion,
sometimes called as executive summary, is to
provide an overall idea about the research prob-
lem concerned, its execution, and its salient
findings. A conclusion provides a bird's eye
view of the entire research program and its
importance in brief. Conclusion may sometimes
include recommendations with respect to the
problem area undertaken in a research program.
2.1.12 Interpretation of Results
In modern science having so many fields of exper-
tise and study, it is not always possible for a
researcher to become an expert in all his/her rele-
vant fields of research. As a result, amultidisciplin-
ary approach of research is gaining momentum
day by day. An understanding of a research
program among team members of research groups
complements and supplements each other
2.1.15 Future Scope of the Research
It is said that a good research program leads to a
number of future research programs. In every
research report, a section highlighting how the
in
interpreting the results of a research program.
