Theoretical Research Activity

A Theoretical Research Activity is a research activity that instantiates a theoretical research task (that focuses on theoretical questions and presents proofs based on axioms).

• AKA: Basic Research Act.
• Context:
  • It can be performed by a Theoretician/Basic Research Researcher.
  • It can lead to a Theorem.
  • It can produce Models that can be Validated by an Experimental Researcher.
• Example(s):
  • Basic Mathematics Research Act.
  • Basic Physics Research Act.
  • Basic Chemistry Research Act.
  • Basic Biology Research Act.
  • Basic Computing Science Research Act.
  • Basic Machine Learning Research Act.
  • Basic Data Mining Research Act.
  • Basic Computational Linguistics Research Act.
  • Basic Social Research.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Applied Research Activity.
  • an Empirical Research Activity.
• See: Scientific Method.

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References

1986

• (Holmberg, 1986) ⇒ Borje Holmberg. (1986). “A Discipline of Distance Education.” In: The Journal of Distance Education, 1(1).
  • …Besides the increasing amount of research, both theoretical and practical, some institutions offer distance education courses on distance education.

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