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What is Research
What research is, and how a question shapes it
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What is Research
LAAR 64150 · Design Research

What is Research

  • The pursuit of new knowledge through the process of discovery. Purdue University
  • Two grammars of the word: Open English Wordnet
    • Noun — a search for knowledge. Verb — to find out systematically.
  • The systematic, intentional process of asking questions, gathering evidence, interpreting data, and generating knowledge. ChatGPT

What each stem commits you to

StemYou are promising
What is…A description or a map.
How does…A process or mechanism.
Why does…A cause.
Under what conditions…A boundary on a known claim.

Before next week

  • Your project in one sentence: I will [verb] [material] to find out [what], because [who cares].
  • Name the one dataset or archive it depends on, and confirm you can get it.
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