scientific research
Methodical knowledge seeking
Scientific research is the systematic investigation of questions about the natural or social world using empirical methods—observation, experimentation, and analysis.
The term encompasses both basic research (expanding knowledge for its own sake) and applied research (solving practical problems).
The drug underwent years of scientific research before approval.
Her scientific research focuses on climate patterns.
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- observationAttentive watching or remark
- analysisMethodical study of parts
- experimentationSystematic testing of ideas
- data collectionSystematic accumulation of facts
big data · clinical trial · double blind · replication · peer review · interdisciplinary · transparency · informed consent · methodology · hypothesis · falsifiability · publish · publish or perish · literature review · accountability · empiricism · Nobel · findings
- satellite usesGPS, weather forecasting, broadcasting, communications, navigation
- Energy ResearchDOE, national labs, federal funding, energy policy
- knowledge industrieseducation, consulting, information technology, data analytics, universities
- knowledge workwriting, teaching, analysis, editing, coding
- polar explorationAmundsen, Roald Amundsen, Scott, Shackleton, Ernest Shackleton
- AntarcticaSouth Pole, Amundsen, Scott, penguins, ice sheet
scientific researchpseudoscience
Bogus methodology posing as factual
superstition · faith · dogma · mythology · folklore
scientific researchguesswork
Conclusions drawn without proof
opinion · speculation · conjecture · blind faith · gut feeling
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