research skills
Finding information competently
Research skills are the abilities needed to find, evaluate, and use information effectively.
Core competencies include formulating good questions, knowing where to look, assessing source credibility, and synthesizing findings.
Her research skills helped her separate reliable studies from junk science.
The term appears frequently in job listings and academic contexts, where gathering and analyzing information is essential.
- searchingLooking to find
- deep diveComprehensive examination of topic
- rabbit holeHare's underground dwelling
- interviewingFormal questioning session
- taking notesRecording spoken information
data collection · critical thinking · presenting · logical reasoning · problem-solving · synthesis · big picture · data analysis · information literacy · report writing · experimental design · methodology · literature review · peer review · fact checking · hypothesis testing · sampling · sourcing
- problem-solvingproblem solving, puzzles, riddles, logic, solutions
- research skillskeyword search, keywords, citations, references, search engines
- elementary schoolclassroom, student, first grade teacher, teacher, pupil
- expertise areasmedical knowledge, legal expertise, political science, linguistics, astronomy
- study skillsnote-taking, memorization, concentration, time management, studying
- reading skillsvocabulary, decoding, grammar, fluency, comprehension
research skillswillful ignorance
Purposely remaining uninformed
blind faith · baseless claims · credulity · gullibility · superstition