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Research Methods

What is research? Research = Systematic Investigations Systematic = having methods   Who were the first researchers? Socrates --> Plato --> Aristotle --> Alexander-->Ptolemy --> Copernicus --> Galilei --> Newton   How research is developed (research life cycle)? Developing original ideas --> Describing the ideas --> Analysing the ideas 1. Define a research question 2. Developing or borrowing a theory 3. Developing a model 4. Producing data (observation, measurement,...) 5. Using the data   What is a research question? 1. answers something new 2. is based on previous research 3. is practical 4. is simple 5. is based on primary sources 6. is specific

Literature Review

What is literature? Literature: A large body of published written work on a particular topic of interests. Written work: documents   What can you find in literature? 1. Current (up-to-date) state of your research field (or RQ) 2. Research philosophies, methodologies and theories developed/used in your research field. (for your RQ) 3. Outstanding challenges in your research field 4. Ideas explored 5. Inspiration 6. The entire basis of a new research 7. A source of comparative data 8. A source of raw data (re-analyse) 9. A basis of comparison and bechmarking 10. A determinant of feasibility   Why literature review? 1. You do not re-invent the wheel 2. You do not waste time understanding what is already understood 3. You know what other people think about the topic 4. You have some idea of the value of what you want to do 5. You understand enough about your topic   What is literature review? 1. A body of text that aims to anal...

Research Papers

Scientific Publications 1. Journals and Transactions --> highest level. Normally when project finish or mostly finish 2. Conference Proceedings --> intermediate level. Normally when project is still in progress 3. Technical Reports --> When author has publish several related paper, collect the papers and generate technical report 4. Magazines and Newsletters --> When author become famous in one field, publishers invite him to write. 5. Books --> About five to ten years, author gather the paper in one field and generate the book   Research Paper 1. concerns a particular research question  --> Research Question 2. conducts a critical discussion on the available methodologies for answering the research question --> Literature review 3. proposes a different methodology, and --> Proposal 4. shows numerical or experiemental results for supporting the efficiency and effectiveness of the proposed methodology --> Result ...