Research

Definition:

A Researcher (an individual a group or institution) attempts to answer a Question by means of consulting literature, observation, or conducting experiments in a particular Field pertinent to the Question. The Question may be underspecified in the form of a Topic.

Simmons and Nadel did RESEARCH pertaining to Ardea purpurea and Egretta garzetta in 1998

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Core:

Field [fie]
An area of inquiry.
       
 

Question [que]
A significant unanswered open proposition which the Researcher is attempting to resolve.
       When we have RESEARCHED why Brazilian mothers have stopped breastfeeding, principal reasons given are 'poor milk' and 'insufficient milk' .
 

Researcher [res]
The people engaged in a research endeavor.
       Before he became an astronaut, Grunsfeld did RESEARCH in physics.
 

Topic [top]
A phenomenon or idea involved in a Question.
       Would you take part in RESEARCH on the best place to have a baby?
 
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Duration_of_state [dur]
The Duration_of_state is the period of time over which the research takes place.
       That particular think tank RESEARCHED population change for over three decades.
 

Manner [man]
Semantic Type
Manner
Any description of the event (or state) which is not covered by more specific FEs, including epistemic modification (probably, presumably, mysteriously), general descriptions comparing events (the same way). It may indicate salient characteristics of the Researcher that also affect the action (deliberately, eagerly, carefully).
       The West Chicago Park District carefully RESEARCHED how much of an increase was needed to accomplish all of our goals.
 

Means [mea]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
The experimentations, observations, or other procedures performed by the Researcher in order to find an answer to the Question.
       The workgroup has RESEARCHED this issue by reviewing the basin plans of other regions and other various sources.
 

Place [pla]
Semantic Type
Locative_relation
The physical place where the research is carried out.
       Johnson and Randall's RESEARCH in Africa has proven extremely valuable.
 

Population [pop]
A group of entities that are studied by the Researcher to answer the Question. The studied group need not be the only kind of entity that provides evidence for answering the research Question.
       Prior researchers have INVESTIGATED senile dementia in relatively small populations.
 

Purpose [pur]
Semantic Type
State_of_affairs
Purpose indicates an action that the Researcher intends to accomplish by performing research.
       We RESEARCH this fungus to fight ailments in tobacco and tomato fields.
 

Time [tim]
Semantic Type
Time
The time when the research is carried out.
       During summer of 1999, I did RESEARCH using a technique called "Path Integral Monte Carlo", to simulate quantum particles.
 

Type [typ]
The Type, or subclass of research.
       His lab conducts a lot of mainstream RESEARCH.
 
       Several institutes exist only for theoretical RESEARCH.
 

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Lexical Units

investigación.n, investigar.v

Created by josef on Tue Jun 29 22:55:02 CEST 2004