Characteristics /criteria of good research.

1. The purpose of research should be clearly defined.
2. The research  procedure should be described sufficiently in detail to permit another researcher to work for the further advancement,keeping continuity of what he has already attained.
3. The procedural design of the research should be carefully planned to yield results that
   are as objective as possible.
4. The researcher should report with complete frankness, flaws in procedural design and
   estimate their effects upon the findings.
5. The analysis of data should be sufficiently adequate to reveal its significance. The
   methods of analysis used should be appropriate.
6. Conclusions should be confined to those justified by the data of the research and
   limited to those for which the data.
7. Greater confidence in research is warranted if the researcher is experienced.
8. Good research should be always systematic ,empirical ,logical and replicable.