WHY

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH

MATTER?

NGUYÊN VĂN HUNG

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Outline

WHAT is research?

WHY research is important?

WHAT barriers?

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What is research?

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What is research? Oxford Dictionary:

“The systematic investigation into and study of materials and sources in order to establish facts and reach new conclusions.”

Cambridge Dictionary:

“A detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding.”

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What is research?

Increasing human’s

knowledge

Scientific method

Research

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What is research?

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SCIENTIFIC

METHOD

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Why research is important?

Improving human’s knowledge

Directly relating to people’s life

Contributing to the development

of countries and the world

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Why research is important?

1829

Russia and Western Europe

Mortality rate = 70%

1831

William Brooke O’Shaughnessy

Mortality rate = 40%

1971

Dilip Mahalanabis

Mortality rate = 3.6 %

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Guerrant R. L. et al

Why research is important?

Groups Lung cancer Controls

Smokers 647 622

Non-smokers 2 27

Sir. Richard Doll (1912 – 2015)

Odds ratio = 14.04 (3.33, 59.3)

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Why research is important?

Sildenafil

Angina pectoris

& hypertension

Viagra

Erection

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Annual sales: $1.934 (2008) >20 million men using regularly

Why research is important?

http://www.citylab.com/

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http://chartsbin.com/

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$3.7 billion 2013

$6.0 billion 2013

Why research is important?

The Bloom scale of student learning

Evaluation

Synthesis

Analysis

Application

Understanding

Knowledge

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Research and researcher stories

VN Thailand Malaysia Singapore Indonesia Philippines

3.456 14.594 9.742 45.633 4.389 3.901

1 5 3 14 >1 >1

(2012) 24,000 PhDs

9,000 A/Professors and Professors 70% PhDs involving in management

76/141

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Research and researcher stories

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Research and researcher stories

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Solutions? 19

Study & work abroad

Found a organization

Thank you for listening

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