research
Let an agent support research by explaining methods, ethics, integrity, publication and funding, and help people find and evaluate sources.
Research draft, second pass
A second pass drafted this model: the structure a model of this thing needs, and what is known about it in the world. The line under this one says how the second half was obtained - researched against sources, or recalled without web access, in which case nothing here was read anywhere and every claim is a lead to verify. Unreviewed either way.
written by Claude from model knowledge without web access - no source was read, every claim is a lead to verify
Researched by: Claude
Purpose and description
Let an agent support research by explaining methods, ethics, integrity, publication and funding, and help people find and evaluate sources.
Systematic investigation to establish facts, test hypotheses, develop theories or create new knowledge and applications, carried out in science, humanities, industry and other fields, and governed by methods, ethics and integrity standards.
What it is for: Creating and testing knowledge.
It can be plan a research question and method; find and evaluate sources; understand ethics approval and consent; find funding and publication routes.
Distinguishing features
Systematic method
Aims at new knowledge
Subject to peer review
Governed by ethics
What it looks like
Activities in labs, archives, fields and offices, producing data, papers and reports.
How it is recognised
Peer-reviewed publications
Research protocols and ethics approvals
Opinion pieces are not research
Related models
is a kind of - category
produces - output
is governed by - rules
is funded by - funding
In practice
Families and kinds
basic research
applied research
experimental research
qualitative and quantitative research
humanities and archival research
Standards and regulation
Declaration of Helsinki for medical research
European Code of Conduct for Research Integrity
Data protection law for personal data
Failure modes and hazards
Fabrication, falsification and plagiarism
Harm to participants
Irreproducible results
Where this came from
wikidata · CC0 1.0
Also registered as vr.tr.research
Drafted structure
Bundle to layer to finding to question, as the second pass will find it: 4 bundles · 8 layers · 8 findings · 16 questions.
Design Planning.
Questions drive methods.
Question
Research question.
Question
Research question.
- What is the research question, and is it answerable? definition
- What is already known? provenance
Method
Methods.
Method
Methods.
- Which method fits the question? definition
- What sample size or data is needed? measurement
Ethics Approval.
Participants need protection.
Approval
Ethics review.
Approval
Ethics review.
- Does the study need ethics committee approval? boundary
- How is informed consent obtained? provenance
Integrity
Misconduct.
Integrity
Research integrity.
- Is there a concern about misconduct? boundary
- How can it be reported to the institution? action
Sources Evidence.
Sources vary in quality.
Find
Searching.
Find
Finding sources.
- Which databases and archives hold relevant sources? provenance
- Is there open access? provenance
Evaluate
Quality.
Evaluate
Evaluating sources.
- Is the study peer reviewed, and are there retractions or corrections? provenance
- How strong is the evidence? boundary
Outputs Publishing and funding.
Research is shared.
Publish
Publication.
Publish
Publication.
- Which journals or repositories suit this work? provenance
- Is the journal legitimate rather than predatory? boundary
Funding
Grants.
Funding
Funding.
- Which funders support this field? provenance
- What are the deadlines and conditions? provenance
What the second pass must settle
- Should research types be separate entries?
- How should integrity codes be linked?
- How should research outputs be identified?