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TMSC Consulting SVCS, LLC Management & Leadership Division by Tres Mali Scott, Who's Who of Professionals in Management since 2000 How can research improve for
online publication? Three Online Research Keys include:
- Your Own Original Researched Work,
- Real Data You Manipulate Yourself, and
- Wording That Your Audience Can Understand.
Research is a systematic and scientific investigation that includes methods of collecting, analyzing and reporting data to increase our understanding of a research subject, topic, or phenomenon. The
"Introduction" of a research article is considered researched information and should be your
"own original work". The
Materials & Methods,
Results, and
Discussion sections of the research article contain real data that has been manipulated and is being reported. A general list of sections of a research article include:
- Title Page
- Abstract
- Introduction
- Materials & Methods
- Results
- Discussion
- Literature Cited
The third Key for
online research publication is " Wording that your audience can understand":
- Who is your audience?
- Can they understand what the article subject is?
- Can they understand the background information of the article (Introduction)?
- Can they understand what materials you used and the method you used?
- Can they interpret and understand the results?
- Can they understand the discussion?
Each audience may be different, meaning who the article is worded to for understanding. For example: An article written for
Medical Doctors as an audience is not worded, formatted or presented the same as an
article written for
High School Students. Research Methods include: The Goal:
- Exploratory Research-structures and identifies new problems.
- Constructive Research-develops solutions to a problem.
- Empirical Research-test the feasibility.
The Type:
- Primary Research-a collection of data that does not yet exist.
- Secondary Research-a summary , collation and/or synthesis of existing research.
The Social Sciences:
- Qualitative Research- understanding human behavior.
- Quantitative Research-systematic empirical research.