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Mattia Casula, Nandhini Rangarajan, Patricia Shields
While hypotheses frame explanatory studies and provide guidance for measurement and statistical tests, deductive, exploratory research does not have a framing device like the hypothesis. To this purpose, this article examines the landscape of deductive, exploratory research and offers the working hypothesis as a…
Salomé Elizabeth Scholtz, Werner de Klerk, Leon T. de Beer
Research methods play an imperative role in research quality as well as educating young researchers, however, the application thereof is unclear which can be detrimental to the field of psychology. Therefore, this systematised review aimed to determine what research methods are being used, how these methods are being…
Hossein Hassani
Research methods are essential parts in conducting any research project. Although they have been theorized and summarized based on best practices, every field of science requires an adaptation of the overall approaches to perform research activities. In addition, any specific research needs a particular adjustment to…
Jefferson Seide Molléri, Kai Petersen
In the dynamic field of Software Engineering (SE), where practice is constantly evolving and adapting to new technologies, conducting research is a daunting quest. This poses a challenge for researchers: how to stay relevant and effective in their studies? Empirical Software Engineering (ESE) has emerged as a…
Leigh Goodson, Matt Vassar
Research in healthcare settings and medical education has relied heavily on quantitative methods. However, there are research questions within these academic domains that may be more adequately addressed by qualitative inquiry. While there are many qualitative approaches, ethnography is one method that allows the…
Taylor Bolt, Jason S. Nomi, Danilo Bzdok, Lucina Q. Uddin
Methods for data analysis in the biomedical, life and social sciences are developing at a rapid pace. At the same time, there is increasing concern that education in quantitative methods is failing to adequately prepare students for contemporary research. These trends have led to calls for educational reform to…
Julie Ponto
A variety of methodologic approaches exist for individuals interested in conducting research. Selection of a research approach depends on a number of factors, including the purpose of the research, the type of research questions to be answered, and the availability of resources. The purpose of this article is to…
Nerida Hyett, Amanda Kenny Dr, Virginia Dickson-Swift Dr
Despite on-going debate about credibility, and reported limitations in comparison to other approaches, case study is an increasingly popular approach among qualitative researchers. We critically analysed the methodological descriptions of published case studies. Three high-impact qualitative methods journals were…
Mike Thelwall, Tamara Nevill
Researchers, editors, educators and publishers need to understand the mix of research methods used in their field to guide decision making, with a current concern being that qualitative research is threatened by big data. Although there have been many studies of the prevalence of different methods within individual…
Margaret‐Anne Storey, Rashina Hoda, Alessandra Maciel Paz Milani, María Teresa Baldassarre
Engineering Authors: ['Margaret‐Anne Storey' 'Rashina Hoda' 'Alessandra Maciel Paz Milani' 'María Teresa Baldassarre'] Abstract Mixed and multi methods research is often used in software engineering, but researchers outside of the social or human sciences often lack experience when using these designs. This paper…
Per Lenberg, Robert Feldt, Lucas Gren, Lars Göran Wallgren Tengberg + 2 more
'Inga Tidefors' 'Daniel Graziotin'] Existing qualitative software engineering guidelines do not cover the full breadth of qualitative methods and knowledge on using them found in the social sciences. The aim of this study was thus to extend the software engineering research community's current body of knowledge…
Kennedy Borle, Jehannine (J9) Austin
Mixed methods research encompasses methodological approaches that involve the collection, analysis, and integration of qualitative and quantitative data. Mixed methods are useful for complex research questions, applied research settings, and when end users value multiple forms of evidence, which makes mixed methods…
Erin Looney, Andre Buscariolli, Maria Yang, Geoffrey Raymond + 2 more
Hardware-based startups risk having longer times-to-market, deterring investment in critical fields such as cleantech, medical devices, and automation. We interviewed 55 leaders at hardware startups, mapped their development timelines, and found prototyping to be the longest development step (median of 19 weeks per…
Angela Arnold-Saritepe, Erin Leif, Amarie Carnett, Sarah Leadley + 2 more
In the evolving field of applied behavior analysis, there is a growing recognition of the value that qualitative research brings to understanding and improving interventions (Burney et al., Perspectives on Behavior Science, 46, 185-200, [13]; Leif et al., Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 57(3), 542-559, [54]). Our…
Berna Devezer, Danielle J. Navarro, Joachim Vandekerckhove, Erkan Ozge Buzbas
Current attempts at methodological reform in sciences come in response to an overall lack of rigor in methodological and scientific practices in experimental sciences. However, some of these reform attempts suffer from the same mistakes and over-generalizations they purport to address. Considering the costs of allowing…
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This comprehensive review examines the evolution of autonomous materials synthesis laboratories that integrate artificial intelligence with advanced robotics to accelerate discovery. Traditional materials development pipelines typically require 10-20 years, but self-driving laboratories (SDLs) and Materials…
Anubhav Jain
The number of studies that apply machine learning (ML) to materials science has been growing at a rate of approximately 1.67 times per year over the past decade. In this review, I examine this growth in various contexts. First, I present an analysis of the most commonly used tools (software, databases, materials…
Anthony R. Artino, Erik W. Driessen, Lauren A. Maggio
To maintain scientific integrity and engender public confidence, research must be conducted responsibly. Whereas scientific misconduct, like data fabrication, is clearly irresponsible and unethical, other behaviors—often referred to as questionable research practices (QRPs)—exploit the ethical shades of gray that color…
Juerg Straubhaar, Alexandria D’Souza, Zachary Niziolek, Bogdan Budnik
Single-cell analysis has clearly established itself in biology and biomedical fields as an invaluable tool that allows one to comprehensively understand the relationship between cells, including their types, states, transitions, trajectories, and spatial position. Scientific methods such as fluorescence labeling…
Noémie Aubert Bonn, Wim Pinxten
In the past decades, increasing visibility of research misconduct scandals created momentum for discourses on research integrity to such an extent that the topic became a field of research itself. Yet, a comprehensive overview of research in the field is still missing. Here we describe methods, trends, publishing…
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Background: Pharmaceutical batch scheduling in multi-reactor configurations presents complex optimization challenges under operational uncertainty, yet limited research addresses how parallel processing capacity affects heuristic performance and predictive modeling. Objectives: This study investigated scheduling…
Brianna N. Gaskill, Benjamin Phillips, Jonathan Ho, Holly Rafferty + 4 more
For over thirty years, research has highlighted a sex bias in early research, risking the validity of biological knowledge. The first step towards change is effectively challenging misconceptions allowing researchers to perceive sex inclusive research as do-able. Utilising the theory of planned behaviour, we quantified…
Camilla Kao, Russell Furr
Conveying safety information to researchers is challenging. A list of rules and best practices often is not remembered thoroughly even by individuals who want to remember everything. Researchers in science thinking according to principles: mathematical, physical, and chemical laws; biological paradigms. They use…
Camilla Kao, Che-I Kao
Recently we proposed that mission statements incorporating the concept of reducing uncertainty could provide a framework for learning the bread and depth of information that exists about health and safety. We briefly explained the definition of uncertainty in the context of health and safety, with the unifying…