researchers'

Belonging to the investigators

Researchers' is the possessive form of the plural noun researchers, indicating something belongs to or is associated with multiple people who conduct research: The researchers' findings challenged existing theories, researchers' methods, researchers' conclusions.

The apostrophe after the s marks possession by more than one researcher.

academic

studies

Learns through examination

universities · scholars · dissertations · journals · citations · faculty · tenure · professors · methodology · hypotheses

professional

expertise

Skill from extensive practice

affiliations · collaborations · projects · reports · investigations · consultants · analysts · specialists · departments · organizations

possessive

work

Effort toward a goal

notes · equipment · samples · subjects · participants · materials · archives · databases · collections · specimens

advocacy

rights

Justified claims to freedoms

concerns · demands · unions · petitions · working conditions · contracts · benefits · grievances · representation · employment

Opposites
number/individual vs. collective

researchers'researcher's

Belonging to one who studies

role in knowledge production

researchers'subjects

Areas of study

participants · public's · students · consumers · practitioners

methodological approach

researchers'believers

Those having faith

ideologues · dogmatists · traditionalists · laypersons · amateurs

Phrases
Family

researcher, researchers

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