What is a research?

We do research everyday. It is a particular kind of everyday thinking.

Here is a piece of research - dealing with a puncture

Research Task in Everyday thinking

• Identify a problem - How can I deal with my punctured tyre?
• Gather data - Obtain prices of new tyres
• Analyse data - What is the cheapest?
• Interpret data - That's more than I want to pay. I need more information.
• Gather more data - Is it reparable? Obtain prices for tyre repair.
• Analyse the data - Can it be repaired? What is the lowest cost? Repaired vs new tyre?
• Interpret the data - Repairing is possible. Will cost 20% of a new tyre. Repair
  rather than replace means I can still afford to go out on Saturday.
• Draw conclusion - Get it repaired at Tyres-U-Like.
  
  Source:
  Briony J Oates, Researching Information Systems and Computing