Tuesday, January 23, 2018

ResearchMethods: How is Doing Research Like Being a Detective? (W3-P3) [VID] Sp18


Use the previous posts on theory and research and the video below to answer this question.

How is doing research like being a detective?


Theory: an explanation of how something works based on evidence. 
Research: "“Disciplined inquiry...studying something in a planned manner and reporting it so that others can replicate the process” (Frey et al.).

Also note that a researcher does research to test and build theories.

What roles do theory and evidence play in this comparison? 

From: The Mentalist




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