Pretty basic question! Federal guidelines refer to "research" as systematic investigation designed to develop or contribute to generalizable knowledge.
Intent to publish may well be involved (and probably is!), but people also intend to publish lots of things besides research. And, yes, I have heard qualitative researchers claim that their investigations are not intended to result in generalizable knowledge; however, once they complete their studies, some of them go right ahead and try to generalize! Jerrold H. Zar, Ph.D. Department of Biological Sciences Northern Illinois University DeKalb IL 60115-2854 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000000 >>> dennis roberts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 01/17/03 12:18PM >>> robert's comments lead me to ask: what makes research research? just because i say it is? or say it isn't? . . ================================================================= Instructions for joining and leaving this list, remarks about the problem of INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES, and archives are available at: . http://jse.stat.ncsu.edu/ . =================================================================
