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Sign in to saveResearch is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to controlling sources of bias and error. These activities are characterized by accounting and controlling for biases. A research project may be an expansion of past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole.
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Research is creative and systematic work where people gather, organize, and carefully analyze information to better understand a topic while actively working to avoid mistakes and bias. It matters because it builds knowledge over time, and researchers often test whether previous findings hold true or expand on past discoveries to deepen our understanding.
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- Etymology
- Definitions
- Forms of research
- Original research<!--'Original research' and 'Primary research' redirect here-->
- Scientific research
- Research in the humanities
- Artistic research<!--'Artistic research' redirects here-->
- Historical research
- Documentary research
- Steps in conducting research
- Research methods
- Research ethics
- Problems in research
- Metascience
- Replication crisis
- Academic bias
- Funding bias
- Publication bias
- Non-western methods
- Language
- Generalizability
- Publication peer review
- Open research
- Professionalisation {{anchor|Professionalization}}
- In Russia
- Publishing
- Research statistics and funding
- See also
- Notes
- References
- Sources
- Further reading
- External links
Research is creative and systematic work undertaken to increase the stock of knowledge. It involves the collection, organization, and analysis of evidence to increase understanding of a topic, characterized by a particular attentiveness to controlling sources of bias and error. These activities are characterized by accounting and controlling for biases. A research project may be an expansion of past work in the field. To test the validity of instruments, procedures, or experiments, research may replicate elements of prior projects or the project as a whole.
The primary purposes of basic research (as opposed to applied research) are documentation, discovery, interpretation, and the research and development (R&D) of methods and systems for the advancement of human knowledge. Approaches to research depend on epistemologies, which vary considerably both within and between humanities and sciences. There are several forms of research: scientific, humanities, artistic, economic, social, business, marketing, practitioner research, life, technological, etc. The scientific study of research practices is known as meta-research.