What are the kinds of reasearch?

Research is a human activity based on intellectual investigation and aimed at discovering, interpreting, and revising human knowledge on different aspects of the world. Research can use the scientific method, but need not do so.

Scientific research relies on the application of scientific methods based on scientific paradigm. This research provides scientific information and theories for the explanation of the nature and properties of humans and the whole Universe. It makes practical applications possible. Scientific research is funded by public authorities, by charitable organisations and by private groups, including many companies. Scientific research is the subject of different classifications. Historical research is embodied in the historical method.

The term research is also used to describe an entire collection of information about a particular subject.

Basic research (also called fundamental or pure research) has as its primary objective the advancement of knowledge and the theoretical understanding of the relations among variables (see statistics). It is exploratory and often driven by the researcher’s curiosity, interest, or intuition. It is conducted without any practical end in mind, although it may have unexpected results pointing to practical applications. The terms “basic” or “fundamental” indicate that, through theory generation, basic research provides the foundation for further, sometimes applied research. As there is no guarantee of short-term practical gain, researchers may find it difficult to obtain funding for basic research. Research is a subset of invention.

Examples of questions asked in basic research:

Does string theory provide physics with a grand unification theory?

Which aspects of genomes explain organismal complexity?

Is it possible to prove or disprove Goldbach’s conjecture? (i.e. that every even integer greater than 2 can be written as the sum of two, not necessarily distinct primes)

Traditionally, basic research was considered as an activity that preceded applied research, which in turn preceded development into practical applications. Recently, these distinctions have become much less clear-cut, and it is sometimes the case that all stages will intermix. This is particularly the case in fields such as biotechnology and electronics, where fundamental discoveries may be made alongside work intended to develop new products, and in areas where public and private sector partners collaborate in order to develop greater insight into key areas of interest. For this reason, some now prefer the term frontier research.

well I’d say PM me with a way to answer you. I work in quantum bioresonance research and technology. I just started into this in november 06.. I am studying how morphic resonance effects the chaotic biological system of the human body.. We are a chaotic system. Morphic resonance is some thing you pick up and transmit to everything around you.. like a life force in believe that packs a punch. its very real and one who learns to control it can do anything. Don’t believe that?

me,HS drop out, laborer all my life, carp wages, nothing to show for it, 44 yo… then one day some one showed me a device. I used the device to fix the problems I was having and viola.. Things like quantum electro dynamics are easy to understand. You see, I would make an excellent research subject. If you knew my story, new that I have serious learning diabilities and dyslexia, then watched me go through this metamorphisis, your jaw would drop. In just a few months I’ve learned enough to manipulate circumstances. Alter my own DNA, remove superimpositions and blocks.. I could type about this for hours… but I won’t..lol but for some one who hated school, didn’t care a rassstass about Einstein’s goofy theories.. I know exactly what he’s talking about and its so amazing I can’t understand why I never liked it before.. before it was E=mc WHO T.F. CARES.. well actually, ummmm, E = mc2 , but to complete Einstein’s theory we need to factor in velocity. The faster we move towards the speed of light the more we approach an infinite amount of energy. So we do have to add that to the equation or it is incomplete. If we transpose E = mc2. And we put the M = E2 you get your mass equation. Break it down to simple terms E=E is going to be .74 X 10 – 27 ÷ the joules. If we substitute the imput of mass for the mass of the we know of the photon we going to find that the photon has 10 – 61 , that is to say 61 bits of energy per beat. We can see that photons do indeed have a gravity and this will allow us an idea to help us totally understand the capacities of a unified field theory..I was a 10th grade drop out with dyslexia and remedial abilites…lol

I am not exactly sure of your assigned research but there are research databases that are “peer reviewed” which makes them legitimate. The worry is that doing research from a popular search engine will possibly bring up sites written by Joe-Shmoes that are not legitimate. If your in a college they provide databases they subscribe to.

http://search.ebscohost.com/ is an example of one. but it takes a user id and password.

good luck.

maybe there are some free ones out there