Research methods are the various procedures, schemes and algorithms used in research. All the methods used by a researcher during a research study are termed as research methods.
They are essentially planned, scientific and value-neutral. They include theoretical
procedures, experimental studies, numerical schemes, statistical approaches, etc. Research
methods help us collect samples, data and find a solution to a problem. Particularly, scientific
research methods call for explanations based on collected facts, measurements and
observations and not on reasoning alone. They accept only those explanations which can be
verified by experiments.