What is Research?

an organized study: methodical investigation into a subject in order to discover facts, to establish or revise a theory, or to develop a plan of action based on the facts discovered

So what does that mean?

Research is often associated with the sciences because it is such an  obvious and important part of the field . . . but what about other disciplines?

Every discipline has organized, methodical study but instead of a research project, other terms are used such as:

• an inquiry
• a creative project
• experience-based learning

The results of research might be a published paper, an artwork, a composition, a business model, an innovative technique, a set of recommendations, a new theory, a debunked old theory . . .

The possibilities are endless.