What is research? Explain its fundamentals.
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For a successful career in science, you must understand the methodology behind any research and be aware of the correct protocols.
Science has developed these guidelines over many years as the benchmark for measuring the validity of the results obtained.
Fundamental research, also known as basic research or pure research does not usually generate findings that have immediate applications in a practical level. Fundamental research is driven by curiosity and the desire to expand knowledge in specific research area. This type of research makes a specific contribution to the academic body of knowledge in the research area.
Fundamental studies tend to make generalizations about the phenomenon, and the philosophy of this type of studies can be explained as ‘gathering knowledge for the sake of knowledge’. Fundamental researches mainly aim to answer the questions of why, what or how and they tend to contribute the pool of fundamental knowledge in the research area.
Opposite to fundamental research is applied research that aims to solve specific problems, thus findings of applied research do have immediate practical implications.
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