CRM 2303 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Deeper Understanding, Critical Thinking, Qualitative Property
20 Sep 2015
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Research is a process in which people use specific principles and techniques to create knowledge. It also refers to a body of knowledge (information, ideas, or theories) built up over time, and a way to look at information, questions, or issues. Ways of knowing without research: research reduces misjudgement, bias, and distorted thinking. It produces valuable information and expands understanding, but it is not 100% foolproof. It does not guarantee perfect results every time or yield absolute truth : research is an ongoing process of searching and working toward the truth. One uses moral, religious, or ideological reasoning, and the other uses critical thinking and systematic empirical evidence: empirical evidence: evidence of actual events occurring in the world that come from direct or indirect observations. Empirical social research can involve all four of these activities. It is also an ongoing process of accumulating information, with results stated in terms of likelihood or probabilities and not as fixed absolutes.
