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- Title
AN INQUIRY INTO SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH.
- Authors
Kodman Jr., Frank; Fein, Arthur B.
- Abstract
The article presents an inquiry to determine what is meant by research according to a sample of university professors. Involved in the study were members of the University of Kentucky staff with the rank of Instructor or its equivalent and above. Quantitative information included in the first portion of the questionnaire which deals with the definition of research is presented. Pure and practical research was the most consistent category chosen. Major research themes include the attainment of knowledge and truth and the determination of cause and effect relations.
- Subjects
KENTUCKY; RESEARCH; INFORMATION services; METHODOLOGY; SCIENTIFIC knowledge; QUANTITATIVE research; SCIENCE; TRUTH; CAUSATION (Philosophy); COLLEGE teachers; UNIVERSITIES &; colleges
- Publication
Science Education, 1962, Vol 46, Issue 1, p82
- ISSN
0036-8326
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/sce.3730460113