Research Problems
- mbuggiehposted 11 years ago
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Common problems in scholarly and professional research for publication include the following:
1. Over-generalization and extrapolation of results;
2. Conflict of Interest between researcher and the subject(s) of his/her research;
3. Conflation of absolute data relative data;
4. Research (whether academic or corporate) politics;
5. Research questions that are too broad;
6. Research questions that are too narrow;
7. Research questions that cannot be answered;
8. Research with an agenda;
9. Design bias in research;
10. Measurement bias in research;
11. Sampling bias in research;
12. Procedural bias in research;
13. Problem bias (such as solving the wrong problem; asking the wrong questions);
14. Assumption of causality where there is none;
15. Attribution of findings of a sample to a population.
These are just a few of the many problems.
This said, how might researchers, both academic and corporate, work to minimize research problems related to studies for publication?
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