research refers to the systematic method consisting of enunciating the problem, formulating a hypothesis, collecting the facts or data, analysing the facts and reaching certain conclusions either in the form of solutions towards the concerned problem or in certain generalisations for some theoretical formulation.
Kothari (2004) refers research as systematic method including enunciating the issue, developing a hypothesis, collecting the data or facts, evaluating the facts and reaching confident results either in the form of resolutions to the concerned issue or in confident generalisations for some theoretical conception