Scientific research
relies on the application of the scientific method, a harnessing of curiosity.
This research provides scientific information and theories for the explanation of
the nature and
the properties of the world. It makes practical applications possible.
Scientific research is funded by public authorities, by charitable
organizations and by private groups, including many companies. Scientific
research can be subdivided into different classifications according to their
academic and application disciplines. Scientific research is a widely used
criterion for judging the standing of an academic institution, such as business
schools, but some argue that such is an inaccurate assessment of the
institution, because the quality of research does not tell about the quality of
teaching (these do not necessarily correlate totally).
Research in the humanities
involves different methods such as for example hermeneutics
and semiotics,
and a different, more relativistepistemology.
Humanities scholars usually do not search for the ultimate correct answer to a
question, but instead explore the issues and details that surround it. Context
is always important, and context can be social, historical, political, cultural
or ethnic. An example of research in the humanities is historical research,
which is embodied in historical method. Historians use primary
sources and other evidence to systematically investigate a topic, and then to
write histories in the form of accounts of the past.
Artistic research, also
seen as 'practice-based research', can take form when creative works are
considered both the research and the object of research itself. It is the
debatable body of thought which offers an alternative to purely scientific
methods in research in its search for knowledge and truth.
Research can be studied or conduct
under two divisions
- According to the methods
- According to the purpose
These both could be further sub divided
in numerous ways but the following eight pairs of classification schemes are
particularly important :
- Quantitative or Qualitative Research.
- Interpretive Functional Research
- Experimental or Naturalistic Research.
- Laboratory or Field Research
- Participant or Non Participant Research
- Overt or Unobtrusive Research
- Cross-Sectional or Longitudinal Research
- Basic or Applied Research
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