1.1 The Research Enterprise
• Modern society relies on research
• Research allows us to:
– Explore our universe
– Explore our environment
– Use and create new technology
– Understand ourselves
• What does research mean to you?
,1.1a What is Research?
• Research is systematic investigation
• Research is empirical
• Research is a public effort
• Our focus is on social research
• This results in a research project
,1.1a Research Defined
• A type of systematic investigation that is
empirical in nature and is designed to
contribute to public knowledge
, 1.1a Research Enterprise Defined
• The macro-level effort to accumulate
knowledge across multiple empirical
systematic public research projects
• Modern society relies on research
• Research allows us to:
– Explore our universe
– Explore our environment
– Use and create new technology
– Understand ourselves
• What does research mean to you?
,1.1a What is Research?
• Research is systematic investigation
• Research is empirical
• Research is a public effort
• Our focus is on social research
• This results in a research project
,1.1a Research Defined
• A type of systematic investigation that is
empirical in nature and is designed to
contribute to public knowledge
, 1.1a Research Enterprise Defined
• The macro-level effort to accumulate
knowledge across multiple empirical
systematic public research projects
