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Methodology of Social Research
notes interested in that field. For example, if the subject of research is of general interest, then
it becomes necessary to inform the people of the results. secondly, if some governmental
or non-governmental action is dependent upon report, then it also gets pending until the
preparation of the report. Thirdly, sometimes, government asks to research certain particular
subject since it has to do certain related planning. To fulfil this objective, it is required to
prepare report. fourthly, every person who has contributed in the survey-work by putting
effort, money, opinion, help and time is naturally interested to know about the results of the
survey. report is prepared towards their satisfaction as well. Apart from this, if the research
is done for pursuing some degree or diploma, then the objective is not fulfilled unless a
report is presented. for this also, a report is prepared. finally, the new facts derived from the
research are so interesting that the researcher himself wants to present the results to others
and derive some self-pride from that. All the above six objectives are met by preparing a
well documented report of the research.
4. To Explain the Actual Conditions Involved—the objective of report is not only to represent
the results but also to present them in such a detailed and scientific manner so that the
realities of different aspects of research-subject are self-explanatory and the reader is able to
clearly understand the actual conditions involved and the inter-relationships. the success
of research lies not only in being able to understand the subject but also in making others
understand the subject. towards this objective, the report is prepared in such a manner that
people interested in the particular topic can benefit from reading it and can understand the
new facts and social results from it.
5. test of Validity—Until a research report is prepared, it cannot be validated whether the study
is experimentally verified and genuine. Only after validating the report, it can be decided
that the results are derived from original and actual material or from predictive and doubtful
information. The classified data and results from the report become a general subject after
publication (if the report is not kept secret by government). therefore, if anyone doubts the
correctness of the studies, then he/she can do research to verify and re-examine the results.
This type of verification and re-examination either establishes the correctness of prior study
or establishes the reputation of the science. Therefore, it is said that to be qualified to be
validated and re-examined is one outstanding quality of scientific study. So, preparation of
report also fulfils this objective.
30.3 Problems of Preparing the Report
Good and Hatt have rightly written, “ Clearly, it appears that writing a report is a simple work because
it a mere description of the questions asked, the techniques used to derive answers to the questions
and the results developed in the last form. But in reality, this work may be hardly simple.” in other
words, preparing a research or survey report is not that simple as we may think it superficially. In
reality, when the researches begins writing the report, he has to deal with various problems, a few of
which are mentioned as follows-
1. problem of language—the biggest problem in preparing a report is the problem of
language. the problem arises from the fact that if the language is made very simple, then
the level of report is compromised and trivialness is reflected. But if the excessive use of
scientific terms is made in order to raise the level of report, then it becomes very difficult
and technical for most readers. in such scenario, it becomes problematic to determine the
appropriate language for report because natural linguistic language degrades the level of
the report while technical language restricts it from becoming popular. the real fact is that
research is a complete phenomenon, wherein presentation of report is also included, and is
itself a technical procedure which cannot be simplified after a certain defined level. It is not
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