Research challenges or benefits

RESEARCH CHALLENGES AND BENEFITS Name: Course: Professor Name: (January 23, 2012) Research Challenges and Benefits It is very unfortunate that sometimes magazines and newspapers publish claims which turn out to be unsubstantiated. To make matters worse, some of these newspapers are renowned newspapers which have been in the publishing industry for a very long period. In spite of putting the blame on the side of the sources of these publications, it is the media’s responsibility in ensuring that the origins of the sources are genuine. Research can be approached in four main ways. The first one is the quantitative approach. This approach is related to the paradigm of positivism. The second approach is qualitative. It is normally related to paradigm of social conservatism. The other approach is the pragmatic approach. This approach constitutes the usage of a method best suited to the problem of research. The last approach is the advocacy approach. It normally responds to the requirements or people’s situations from vulnerable and marginalized grou...