Scientific research is a broad range of activities undertaken in systematic ways to advance knowledge and understandings. It benefits society based on the expectation that researches are conducted honestly, accurately and fairly. According to the conventional view, scientific research is a highly logical process, conducted objectively by scientists, inspected by peer scrutiny. However, it is not unusual that researchers fail to fulfill the expectation, which will be considered as scientific misconduct
What is Scientific Research? Scientific research has been define in many ways based on different point of view of some researchers/ philosophers. However, the term research can be understand as a study to learn or gain new thing or information. According to Cambridge Dictionaries Online, scientific research is defined as a detailed study of a subject, especially in order to discover (new) information or reach a (new) understanding. Furthermore, Macmillan Publishers define scientific research as the
Mock Scientific Research Paper: The Effect of an Experimental Drug on Numbers of Mice Offspring Introduction The purpose of this experiment was to study the effect of an experimental drug on the number of offspring a mother mouse has. The question asked was: “Does the experimental drug affect the number of the offspring a mouse has?” The hypothesis was: “If the experimental drug is given to mother mice, then the number of offspring in their litters will change because of the chemicals in the drugs
The five scientific methods which include the question, hypotheses, experimentation, data analysis and conclusion are critical to a scientist because they enable them to have a credible data and conclusion on their research. It is realized that the usage of this methods are advantageous to anybody including business people, for as long as one follows the steps they will be sure of getting a credible outcome at the end of the day. I would emphasize that people should employ this method a lot because
are able to clarify and explain phenomena, all we need to do is to choose the best available. Once we have a theory in hand, as a result, we should have certain ability to predict the future, which is one of the key motivations for performing scientific research. Model is one of the most popular methods adopted by researchers to predict the future. The models of animal flocking behaviour, San Fransisco Bay model, and climate model are just few of the models which are regularly used to represent and
Essay 1771 The importance of stupidity in scientific research Martin A. Schwartz Department of Microbiology, UVA Health System, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA 22908, USA e-mail: maschwartz@virginia.edu Accepted 9 April 2008 Journal of Cell Science 121, 1771 Published by The Company of Biologists 2008 doi:10.1242/jcs.033340 I recently saw an old friend for the first time in many years. We had been Ph.D. students at the same time, both studying science, although in different
components of scientific research assists in being able to read scientific research documents correctly, evaluate the methods that are used, and decide whether the conclusions reached are rational. Exploratory research involves many things, in particular, case studies and the psychobiography, content analysis, and archival research. Research, in itself, can seem to be an elusive form of representation. These components to proper research will be further explained. One part of the exploratory research process
Phenomenology as Research Method by Beverley Campbell, Victoria University of Technology Outline of the paper This paper is an account, the interweaving, of the narrative of the writing of my own thesis using a phenomenological approach, with my developing interest in phenomenology as research method. My study of personal transformation provides the context for these reflections on phenomenology as research method. I have spoken in other forums about the content of the research; in this paper
Introduction As research student, there is tremendous gratefulness for the tremendous amount of information I have been introduced to concerning academic research. Often, as an academic student; I have considered research as merely a discipline consisting of gathering facts, opinions, including, definitive terms concerning a particular topic of study, moreover, with presentation of those facts to a professor. In addition, it is appreciative how scientific research contributes to academia, including
Its Impact On The Research I Undertake Business Research Methods MBA2010-L-A1 Submitted By: - Suraj Rai Student ID: - 072078 - 77 University ID: - 27003380 Abstract In this paper I have tried to explain the concept of positionality and its various parameters like emic and etic, positivist, interpretivist, empiricist and rationalist, constructivist and reductionist. Then, I tried to analyze my positionality on the basis of these points and how these will effect on the research that I select and