What do we mean by Research?

Research 201: A Basic Introduction
© Brian Brown, 1998-2000. All rights reserved.

Chapter 1	What do we mean by research? Why do we do research? What is a theory? What makes a good theory? What is a hypothesis? What are research questions?
Chapter 2	The history of research Socrates, Plato, Aristotle The Scientific Revolution, Copernicus, Galileo, Bacon, Descartes, Newton, Lamarck
Chapter 3	Basic elements of the scientific method Qualitative and Quantitative research
Chapter 4	Measurements, Variables, Nominal, Ordinal, Interval, Ratio
Chapter 5	Scaling systems, Thurstone, Guttman, Likert, Semantic
Chapter 6	Different types of research, Survey, Focus groups, Case Studies, Delphi, Content Analysis
Chapter 7	Underpining research with theory. Intra/Inter/Group/Organisational and Mass media theories. System Theory. Information Theory. Cybernetic Theory.
Chapter 8	Errors, Publishing, Peer Review, Journals, Citations, Literature reviews, online searching
Chapter 9	References