research base
Scientific operations center
A research base is the body of existing studies, evidence, and scholarly work that supports or informs a particular field, practice, or claim.
When educators speak of a strong research base for a teaching method, they mean substantial evidence backs its effectiveness.
The term appears frequently in academic and policy discussions: The intervention lacks a solid research base.
A research base can also refer to a physical facility where scientific work is conducted, particularly in remote locations: an Antarctic research base.
- foundationUnderlying support structure
- evidenceFacts supporting truth
- scholarshipEducational funding or erudition
- dataFacts for analysis
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
studies · groundwork · body of evidence · literature · literature review · findings · case studies · empirical · citations · methodology · peer-reviewed · peer review · academic · laboratory · fieldwork · archives · sources · bibliography
- Cold RegionsArctic, Antarctica, tundra regions, polar regions, Siberia
- remote settlementsoutpost, wilderness outpost, trading post, frontier town, colony
- polar operationsice roads, ice station, icebreakers, ice breakers, polar expedition
- polar gearice axe, crampons, crampon, ice drill, ice auger
research basefactory
Industrial production facility
manufacturing plant · industrial site · assembly plant · retail outlet · service center
research basespeculation
Unproven theorizing or risky investment
conjecture · guesswork · anecdotal evidence · hearsay · intuition
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