Research Task

A Research Task is a knowledge discovery task whose goal is to discover new knowledge.

• Context:
  • Input: Research Topic.
    • optional: Research Question.
  • output: Research Output.
  • It can be performed by a Researcher during a Research Act.
  • It can range from being an Empirical Research Task to being a Theoretical Research Task.
  • It can range from being an Open Research Task to being a Closed Research Task.
  • It can be aimed at a Research Challenge.
  • It can be within a Research Area.
  • It can be a part of a Research Project.
  • It can be performed by a Researcher (or Research Team).
  • It can follow a Research Method (e.g. Quantitative Method, Positivist Approach).
• Example(s):
  • a Scientific Research Task, to produce an Empirically Validatable Theory.
  • a Computational Research Task, such as a Machine Reading Research Task.
  • a Practitioner Research Task.
  • a Human Subject Research Task.
  • …
• Counter-Example(s):
  • an Operational Task.
• See: Business Process.

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References

2013

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Research
  • Research comprises "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications." It is used to establish or confirm facts, reaffirm the results of previous work, solve new or existing problems, support theorems, or develop new theories. A research project may also be an expansion on 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, or 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, etc.

2009

• (WordNet, 2009) ⇒ http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=research
  • S: (n) research (systematic investigation to establish facts)
  • S: (n) inquiry, enquiry, research (a search for knowledge) "their pottery deserves more research than it has received"
• http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/research#Noun
  • Template:Uncountable Diligent inquiry or examination to seek or revise facts, principles, theories, applications, et cetera; laborious or continued search after truth.
  • Template:Countable A particular instance or piece of research.

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