Question

Your teacher advised you to conduct a research on topic in which you have lot of interest. You
have different topics in your mind which could be selected for the research topic. You discussed
with your teacher and finally decided to choose managerial accounting for research. Immediately
you have started your work and decided to finish it in the coming 3 months. You have made a
critical approach to your research, formulated a plan, collected information through questionnaire,
analyze the data and you come up with your findings.
After all the hectic work done, you are done with your research work. Before making it final, you
have consulted your teacher to review your research work. You were surprised to know that your
teacher is not satisfied at all, and have a long list of findings.
a. How are you going to review your research work again to satisfy your teacher? State your answer
with logical reasons.
b. In your opinion, to be a successful researcher, what ethical norms are required for effective and
convincing research?

Answer 1

a.)

1.Rigorous

Research is a laborious and hard work in reality and it requires great patience and control. Research paper requires rigorousness to maintain its quality.

2.Controlled

Another very important and basic characteristic of a research paper is that it should have to be controlled or measured. Everything that you add in a research paper is preplanned and cannot happen just by chance. The first step in conducting a research is choosing a research topic, from that step till the end, writing the research paper the researcher should keep control over the research study. He should measure the consequences of each step that he has planned to take prior to taking it.

3.Accurate

Accuracy is important because without accuracy the research paper cannot be valid and generalizable. In every step of the research the researcher has to check the accuracy. When the researcher is reviewing literature he should write down the references along with the literature review so that when writing those reviews he can accurately write the reference of each review. While testing the hypothesis the researcher should write down the results of the tests accurately so that there is no error.

4.Clear

A research paper should have to be free of ambiguities and it should have great clarity. Clarity is one of the main essences of research and without clarity the research paper is useless.

5.Concise

As a researcher you do not need to add a lot to the research paper to make it unique or interesting rather you should add only relevant and original content. The readers will be able to understand a concise research more easily, there should not be unnecessary details in the research.

6.Valid

Validity is the most important concern in writing and conducting a research. The actual strength of the research paper is its validity. A valid research is applicable to various situations in general or it can be applied to any specific situation, people or society.

7.Sequential

The research should have to be conducted and written in a logical manner. The researcher should follow a sequence so that he cannot get troubled in the end as to how to compile this research. It is better if you start writing the research paper as you are conducting it.

8.Original

The research paper should contain only original content and copy work should be completely avoided. You can add literature from other sources in various forms like in the form of literature review but you should never compromise on the originality of the research paper.

9.Coherent

Coherence is necessary because it makes the research paper a complete and one unit. Every part of the research paper should be so linked that it makes a whole.

10.Generalizable.

The research paper findings should be generalizable and the findings should be applicable to the society in one way or other. Sometimes the purpose of the research is to develop new research tools, techniques or data collection instruments. Such research may not be useful for the society in general but in the long run researchers will be bale to use these tools or techniques to conduct more researches.

b.)Research ethics are the set of ethics that govern how scientific and other research is performed at research institutions such as universities, and how it is disseminated.

Ethics are broadly the set of rules, written and unwritten, that govern our expectations of our own and others’ behaviour.Effectively, they set out how we expect others to behave, and why. While there is broad agreement on some ethical values (for example, that murder is bad), there is also wide variation on how exactly these values should be interpreted in practice.

1.Honesty and Integrity

2.Objectivity
3.Carefulness
4.Openness
5.Respect for Intellectual Property

6.Confidentiality