Research and Technical Writing for Science and Engineering

CHAPTER 1Overview of Research

DOI: 10.1201/​9781003139058-1

CONTENTS

1. 1.1 What is Research?

   • 1.1.1 Definition

   • 1.1.2 Creative–Build Something New

   • 1.1.3 Systematic–General Pattern

   • 1.1.4 Increase–Acquire and Contribute

   • 1.1.5 The Stock of Knowledge

   • 1.1.6 Summary

2. 1.2 The Process of Research

   • 1.2.1 Intellectual Discovery

3. 1.3 Classifying Research

   • 1.3.1 So, What is Good Research?

4. 1.4 Research Methods

5. 1.5 Overview of the Telehealth Systems

6. 1.6 Keyword Explanation

7. 1.7 Summary

“Research is a systematic inquiry to describe, explain, predict, and control the observed phenomenon. It involves inductive and deductive methods.”

Earl Robert Babbie

American Sociologist

RESEARCH is the process of developing new ideas that have an effect on others by ...