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	The Nursery – Approach
		Too much research is used as a 'test', a pass/fail exam.
		What research does best is to help clients understand their idea, their (potential) property and suggest ways to accentuate its positives and eliminate the negatives.
		We approach research groups as brainstorms to which we invite a brand's stakeholders, treat the 'respondents' more like 'delegates', make sure all the projective exercises are stimulating not patronising, and it's amazing what they can come up with.
	www.the-nursery.net /approach (750 words)

	Research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Research is often described as an active, diligent, and systematic process of inquiry aimed at discovering, interpreting and revising facts.
		The term research is also used to describe a collection of information about a particular subject, and is usually associated with science and the scientific method.
		It is not unusual for researchers to present their project in such a light as to 'slot' it into either applied or basic research, depending on the requirements of the funding sources.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Research (1162 words)

	Constructive research - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Constructive research is perhaps the most common computer science research method.
		The term “construct” is often used in this context to refer to the new contribution being developed.
		Construct can be a new theory, algorithm, model, software, or a framework.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Constructive_research (222 words)

	Unasylva - Vol. 7, No. 4 - Research to increase logging efficiency
		Successful cases of such revolutionary research can be likened to such leaps in the change of characteristics of a certain species as are caused by some mutations and which are of paramount significance in genetics.
		Research on the correlation of the variable factors in logging conditions with the rate of output is, with some exceptions, more of an aid to sound administration of operations than a means for achieving rapid increase in efficiency.
		In contrast, dispersed research in logging efficiency depends principally on those whose main duty is not research; it is often done rather casually on a part-time basis and under various handicaps.
	www.fao.org /docrep/x5369e/x5369e04.htm (1666 words)

	Untitled Document (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		When this was the case in "human-science oriented" education and research, it was not because of the fact that hermeneutic methods itself, forced it, but because of the situation that one simply did not know other methods for empirical research in the field of education.
		Research that is conducted from a hermeneutic position, pointing to individual interpretations of authoritative documents as a foundation for action, reduces the variation in the way possibilities and boundaries for deliberation may be understood.
		In Finland the research is conducted by Sven-Erik Hansèn and Bettina Cackström-Widjeskog, Åbo Akademi University, Finland.
	asterix.ednet.lsu.edu /~lsuctp/confpaprs/Kristen.html (5959 words)

	NIH Guide: DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS FOR UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITIES IN THE ETHICAL, LEGAL, AND SOCIAL IMPLICATIONS ...
		RESEARCH OBJECTIVES Background and Significance As the Human Genome Project draws closer to completion of the final "finished" human DNA sequence, researchers are focusing increasing attention on the discovery of variations found in the DNA sequences among individuals.
		Research Scope Applications may be made for support of research in any area relevant to the ethical, legal and social implications of genetic and genomic research.
		Emphasis will also be placed on: (1) whether the proposed research is appropriate to the experience level of the applicant; and (2) whether the mentor has the qualifications (based on the mentor's research and research training experience, particularly, but not exclusively, in ELSI research) to provide the necessary guidance to the applicant.
	grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PA-02-048.html (3260 words)

	Research Methods - LRSP - Dept of English - Kent State
		This course focuses (a) on selected qualitative methods employed in conducting field research on the acts, functions, and uses of writing within particular communities of practice and in particular contexts and (b) on methods and procedures for analyzing and interpreting qualitative data.
		At a more general level, the course explores such important issues and questions as the ethics of qualitative research, the constructive nature of research activity, the nature of qualitative data, the relation between data and knowledge claims and generalizations, and the limits of methodology and interpretation.
		As a class project, students will work through the design of one type of collaborative research project and, as individuals or as members of small groups, will produce a design for a study of their own.
	dept.kent.edu /english/graduate/lrsp_research.htm (426 words)

	Research strategy
		Since one of the aims of this dissertation – the first and particularly second research question - is to scrutinize and compare the underlying assumptions of the existing SIS design endeavours, which are not explicitly indicated in the original texts, the hermeneutical circle is a natural methodological choice.
		Constructive research is applied to construct the new solution, and theory-testing research is applied to test it.
		Action research was chosen as the research methodology of the part of the thesis tackling the third research question).
	herkules.oulu.fi /isbn9514267907/html/x135.html (636 words)

	Conflict And Political Discourse
		Constructive controversy exists when one person's ideas, information, conclusions, theories, and opinions are incompatible with those of another, and the two seek to reach an agreement.
		Constructive controversy, by promoting positive attitudes toward procedure, the advocates of opposing positions, and oneself create the atmosphere in which protection of minority rights is valued and protected.
		Constructive controversy, therefore, provides a normative procedure based on a theory validated by research on which political discourse may be based.
	www.co-operation.org /pages/contro-pol.html (8667 words)

	NIH Guide: UNDERREPRESENTED MINORITY DISSERTATION RESEARCH GRANTS IN MENTAL HEALTH
		Dissertation research involves a major investment of the doctoral student's time, energy, and interest and its substance is often the basis for launching a research career.
		The intent of the dissertation research grants is to attract larger numbers of underrepresented minority students as mental health investigators and to assist in providing a positive and constructive research experience that will stimulate them to pursue research careers in this field.
		For dissertation research grants, review criteria include significance of problem; scientific quality of the proposal; relationship of proposed research to expanding the knowledge base in mental health research areas; research design and research methods; personal qualifications of the candidate; supervision of the candidate; institutional facilities and support structure; and appropriateness of budget.
	grants.nih.gov /grants/guide/pa-files/PAR-99-139.html (3040 words)

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		When a researcher or student is aware of many different research approaches she can better evaluate and utilize research reports produced by other researchers.
		Our classification of research methods in Section 1.3 is firstly a new research result as such, and secondly a guide to select a method class that best fits for the problem under study.
		Identifying the relevant literature or debates to which the research will contribute, and showing satisfactory knowledge of the background and context of the research problem, are an important part of the research rationale and also one of the main criteria which will be applied in assessing merits of the eventual thesis.
	www.uta.fi /~pj/book1.html (4272 words)

	Marco Muselli's Research: Constructive Methods (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Constructive methods are learning algorithms for multilayer perceptrons that try to overcome the limitations inherent the application of the back-propagation algorithm.
		Constructive methods show plastic capabilities which resemble those of human brain and are able to break complex problems into simpler ones, by growing hidden layers starting from an initial small architecture.
		If the inputs and/or the outputs of the given problem are real-valued, a very powerful constructing method is the Cascade Correlation algorithm, for which is possible to forecast the error on the training set when adding new units to the network.
	www.ge.cnr.it /~muselli/constructive.html (254 words)

	The Ph
		Competence in research is established through completion of a first-year research paper, a fifth-semester research paper and the Ph.D. dissertation which is usually completed in year four.
		Current research is focused on emergence of new organization forms distinguished by their ability to continually self renew.
		Professor Lind’s research focuses on the social psychology of organizational relationships, with particular emphasis on the role of fairness and trust in the effective functioning of teams and the exercise of authority.
	www.fuqua.duke.edu /admin/phd/management.htm (1693 words)

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		During the research process “cooking the books” -news in the newspaper became a more current theme than it was at the beginning of the research.
		They pointed out that the output of a constructive research project may not necessarily be a fully developed system, but it could be a pilot system which shows how a system should be built.
		Figure 2.1 illustrates the interrelationships between the key elements of the constructive research approach and the chapters and publications of the thesis.
	www.tukkk.fi /~ssirkemaa/Tutkimusseminaari/Eija_Koskivaara_DesingScienceResearch.doc (4511 words)

	cb-thesisintroduction
		The ‘Research Method’ aims to give the reader a picture of how the research was conducted and thereby it can be used as a tool to evaluate the reliability of the research.
		The ‘Research Method’ section initially gives an account of the ‘Constructive Research Method’ which can be seen as the scientific research method of the paper.
		The 'Research Results' presents the answers to the questions of the ‘Questionnaire’ and in the 'Discussion' the results are discussed and interpreted.
	www.geocities.com /kyoto_thesis1/cb-thesisintroduction.html (665 words)

	ITFORUM PAPER #52
		Research on constructive learning environments and examples of applications are presented.
		Research related to these types of tasks suggest that argumentation is a powerful learning tool and is superior to writing essays (Wiley and Voss, 1999).
		Scaffolds are also integral to the constructive learning environment and modifies the tasks to support the learner in their knowledge construction (Jonassen, 1999).
	it.coe.uga.edu /itforum/paper52/paper52.htm (5219 words)

	db-researchmethod
		The focus of the research was meant to be on the process of exporting as a whole.
		Sunfoods was extremely positive towards the research project and the co-operation went smoothly throughout the research project.
		In the sixth step of the typical constructive research process the scope of applicability of the solution, is to be discussed.
	www.geocities.com /kyoto_thesis1/db-researchmethod.html (713 words)

	Roffey Park - Research: Constructive Politics
		This first phase of research looked at how people defined organisational politics, what they perceived its impact to be on themselves and other people and also examined some of the micro political strategies used by political actors, in particular managers.
		The latest stage of the research aimed to discover whether there is such a thing as constructive politics and if so, what is involved.
		The research was carried out through focus groups, individual interviews with 25 managers and a survey (The Positive Power of Politics) completed by 105 respondents and unpublished findings from 2003 and 2004 Management Agendas.
	www.roffeypark.com /research/politics.html (199 words)

	Constructive Links (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Portuguese Society for Constructivist Psychotherapy is a non-profit organization devoted to encouraging and communicating developments in theory, research, and practices in constructivism.
		Founded at the end of 2005, the construction of a network of practicing clinicians interested in constructivist approaches to psychology, is also among our main objectives.
		The aim of The Society for Existential Analysis is to provide a forum for the expression of views and the exchange of ideas between those interested in the analysis of existence from philosophical and psychological perspectives.
	www.constructivism123.com /Links/Links.htm (328 words)

	Proposals for Research Topics - Postgraduate Students - Mathematics and Statistics Department - University of Canterbury
		Constructive mathematics is the term applied to mathematics that is based on intuitionistic Zermelo–Fraenkel set theory and uses only intuitionistic logic.
		One outstanding gap in the constructive research literature is the subject of differential manifolds and Riemannian geometry; no–one has yet produced a reasonable constructive notion of "differential manifold", let alone tackled the really hard problem of developing the theory, through tangent bundles, vector fields, and Lie groups, towards Riemannian geometry.
		Ideally, we will produce conditions under which one can construct geodesics on such a manifold; this is likely to be very difficult, since the classical existence proof uses general results about continuous functions that are not applicable constructively and do not even give any clues about how to develop a constructive existence proof.
	www.math.canterbury.ac.nz /php/graduates/theses/proposals (1448 words)

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		Oxford Research Group (ORG) works to promote a more sustainable approach to security for the UK and the world.
	www.oxfordresearchgroup.org.uk (329 words)

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		The Constructed Facilities Laboratory (CFL) is located on the University's Centennial Campus and is a part of NC State University's Engineering Graduate Research Center (EGRC).
		The faculty in Civil, Construction, and Environmental Engineering, their students, and colleagues continue to identify new research opportunities in an effort to find solutions to the problems currently faced by the profession and to predict issues that will challenge the profession in the future.
	www.ce.ncsu.edu /projects/03-04 (389 words)

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		The four methods of PATRIR work are based upon Action, Research, Training and Dissemination.º PATRIR is a force for creative and constructive research and analysis, for the empowerment of civil society and promotion of active democracy, self-determination, sustainable development, and peaceful conflict transformation.
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		Exploratory research is not necessarily a good candidate for a thesis as it often represents a poorly defined problem area, it is more difficult to produce concrete, focused results, and it will be more difficult to find relevant references and refer to existing body of knowledge.
		Constructive research is perhaps the most common computer science thesis type.
		This may involve evaluating the “construct” you have developed analytically against some predefined criteria, performing some benchmark tests with your prototype, or relying on strong analytical reasoning and argumentation in convincing the reader of the soundness of your construct.
	www.sbl.tkk.fi /jkontio/Thesis_Definition_template_v1_02.doc (1486 words)

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