Use an English-English dictionary to help yourself. Fill in the correct word

1… …………………research (обширное = охватывающее большое количество данных и информации) is empirical and concrete. Large samples are taken to capture variabilities.

 

2……………………research (интенсивное = требующее многих усилий, больших вычислений, активных действий), unlike extensive research, is much more in depth and often leads to case studies research.

 

3. According to Sayer (Sayer 1992, 241-251), the distinction between intensive research versus extensive research is more along the scale of depth versus breadth. ……….. research (интенсивное) is concerned with causal process and how it works out in a certain number of cases. ………… research (обширное), which, according to Sayer is more common, concerns itself with finding out common properties and patterns of a certain phenomenon taken as a whole.

 

4……………………. (экспериментальное) research is carried out to prove a scientific issue.

 

5…………………… research (базовое = фундаментальное, теоретическое) is carried out for the sake of increasing knowledge, such as how and why a specific reaction occurs and what the properties of a substance are.

 

6. An …………………research (эффективное = успешное, результативное) gains the results that were intended.

 

7. An …………………research (эффективное = продуктивное, хорошо организованное) is carried out in a well-organized way, i.e. in the least amount of time and effort necessary.

 

8. ……………….research (фундаментальное) is one that adds to the already present body of knowledge in a subject of study, while …………………. research (прикладное) seems to be more useful for us as it helps in the creation of new, improved goods, drugs or any other thing that is helpful in a way for us.

 

IDIOMS

 

Ex. 3. What does connecting the dots mean? You must have tried to do it. Actually, it’s a popular children's activity in which a picture can be seen when you draw lines to connect numbered dots. Read the abstract from the Commencement speech delivered by Steve Jobs, former CEO of Apple Computer Co, in 2005 [33]. Can you guess the meaning of the expression? Compare your answer to the dictionary entry.

“You can't connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something — your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life”.

connect the dots

to understand the relationship between different ideas or experiences

                                                   (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs) [34]

READING

The Research Process

By Anol Bhattacherje [35]

Thinking Like a Researcher

Conducting good research requires first retraining your brain to think like a researcher. This requires visualizing the abstract from actual observations, mentally “connecting the dots” to identify hidden concepts and patterns, and synthesizing those patterns into generalizable laws and theories that apply to other contexts beyond the domain of the initial observations. Research involves constantly moving back and forth from an empirical plane where observations are conducted to a theoretical plane where these observations are abstracted into generalizable laws and theories. This is a skill that takes many years to develop and cannot be taught in graduate or doctoral programs.


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