Research is important when conducted correctly because it helps us to understand and possibly even solve existing or possible problems in the world. This could be anything from social issues to medical breakthroughs. Governments carry out research all of the time in order to come to conclusions about policies and strategies. They will often choose experts in the particular field to go out and carry out in-depth research to help them out. Without this research and knowledge, it would be difficult to make a change in the world. It would also mean that changes wouldn't be fully considered which could result in bigger problems in the long run. If a problem is evident, for example gun crime, it is essential to understand what has caused the problem and why people continue to take part in such illegal activity even though they know it is fundamentally wrong. Research will aim to answer these questions so that informed decisions can be made about what strategies will help.
In order for research to be valid a lot of time, effort and money have to be injected into the project. The problem is that most people aren't patient or willing enough to put in the effort. Without taking research seriously, results can be hugely flawed resulting in a worse scenario than the original problem. Even huge global companies with massive budgets do not put enough effort into their research. One example of this is a company specializing in beauty products who use a sample of less than 100 (which isn't enough to be globally representative) and advertise for people to test their product in places like fashion magazines (resulting in a sample of a very similar demographic). These results are flawed due to them not taking the research seriously enough.
In order for research to be valid a lot of time, effort and money have to be injected into the project. The problem is that most people aren't patient or willing enough to put in the effort. Without taking research seriously, results can be hugely flawed resulting in a worse scenario than the original problem. Even huge global companies with massive budgets do not put enough effort into their research. One example of this is a company specializing in beauty products who use a sample of less than 100 (which isn't enough to be globally representative) and advertise for people to test their product in places like fashion magazines (resulting in a sample of a very similar demographic). These results are flawed due to them not taking the research seriously enough.
