research tool
Inquiry assistance device
A research tool is any instrument, method, or resource used to gather, analyze, or organize information.
The term covers physical implements like microscopes and surveys as well as digital resources like databases and search engines: Google Scholar has become an indispensable research tool.
Software, statistical methods, and even interviewing techniques all qualify when employed systematically to investigate a subject.
- microscopeInstrument for viewing minute objects
- lab equipmentTools for experiments
- databaseOrganized digital information collection
- surveySystematic data collection
- experimentSystematic investigation procedure
control group · focus group · field study · laboratory · analysis · methodology · data · hypothesis · instrument · probe · study · journal · literature review · primary source · software · algorithm · spreadsheet · questionnaire
- student softwareword processor, calculator app, spell checker, dictionary app, flashcard app
- Encyclopedia FeaturesWikipedia, Britannica, World Book, Encarta, digital editions
research toolguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
wild guess · conjecture · speculation · intuition · gut feeling
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