researching
Looking into thoroughly
Researching is the activity of gathering information about a subject through investigation, study, or inquiry.
The word covers everything from casual online searches to rigorous academic investigation: I've been researching flights to Tokyo, She spent years researching the effects of microplastics.
Someone researching is actively in the process of finding out.
Facts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
- regressionReturn to former state
sampling · hypothesis · empirical · findings · results · interpretation · variables · quantitative
Systematic data collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- focus-groupMarket research gathering
- ethnographySystematic study of peoples
fieldwork · observation · experiment · longitudinal · cross-sectional · sampling · participant · trials
Relating to education or theory
- journalRecord of daily events
- publicationIssued written material
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
- citationMention of a source
bibliography · thesis · dissertation · abstract · monograph · conference · symposium · scholarship
Thorough examination or tool
- examineStudy with attention
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
- vettingEvaluating suitability through investigation
verification · audit · forensics · cross-referencing · corroboration · debunking · authentication · documentation
Sudden important advance
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
- epiphanySudden profound insight
innovation · unearthing · pioneering · novelty · frontier · groundbreaking · serendipity · advancement
data
Facts for analysis
- statisticsCollected numerical information
- methodologyFormal procedural framework
- correlationStatistical relationship measure
regression · sampling · hypothesis · empirical · findings · results · interpretation · variables · quantitative · qualitative
survey
Systematic data collection
- interviewFormal questioning session
- questionnaireFormal inquiry form
- focus-groupMarket research gathering
ethnography · fieldwork · observation · experiment · longitudinal · cross-sectional · sampling · participant · trials · replication
academic
Relating to education or theory
- journalRecord of daily events
- publicationIssued written material
- peer-reviewedEvaluated by field experts
citation · bibliography · thesis · dissertation · abstract · monograph · conference · symposium · scholarship · archives
probe
Thorough examination or tool
- examineStudy with attention
- scrutinyClose, careful examination
- fact-findingSeeking verified information
vetting · verification · audit · forensics · cross-referencing · corroboration · debunking · authentication · documentation · tracing
breakthrough
Sudden important advance
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- eurekaDiscovery triumph cry
- revelationSurprising disclosed truth
epiphany · innovation · unearthing · pioneering · novelty · frontier · groundbreaking · serendipity · advancement · curiosity
- digital activitiesbrowsing, scrolling, clicking, sharing, liking
- teachingteaching, lesson plans, instructing, educating, courses
- journalismreporters, interview, editors, student editors, school paper
- researchstudy, archive, peer review, investigating, citation
- business activitiesmeetings, meeting, hiring, firing, training
- searchingsearching, rummaging, digging, looking through, finding
researchingguessing
Estimating without certainty
speculating · assuming · bullshitting · jumping to conclusions · conjecturing
researchingignoring
Deliberately not noticing
taking at face value · neglecting · disregarding · taking on faith · assuming
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