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  101. Welcome to the African Research Program for Leaders (ARPL)

  102. The Concept of Research

2.1 Is research waste of time?

  1. The Scientific Methodology

  2. Research Process

  3. Types of Research: An Overview

  4. Types of Research: Field of Application

  5. Types of Research: Purpose of Research

8. Types of Research: Approach to Data

  1. Types of Research: Source of Data

10. Research Design: Experimental and Observational

  1. Research Question

  2. Navigating Trusted and Scholarly Sources

  3. CRAAP Method

  4. The SIFT Method and SMART Check

  5. Searching Effectively

  6. Plagiarism

  7. Paraphrasing

  8. Bias