This document classifies scientific research according to the Frascati Manual 2015. It divides research into pure/basic research that seeks to advance knowledge without a specific practical aim, and applied/experimental development research that seeks to achieve practical aims or create new technologies. The classification considers the nature, form, procedure, data, area of knowledge, scale, and purpose of the research. The goal is to help discuss different types of scientific research.
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2017 02 classification of the scientific research, by jan burnewicz & monika bak, university of gdansk
1. Classification of scientific research
(for discussion)
Prof. Jan Burnewicz & Prof. Monika Bak, University of Gdansk
Gdansk 2017
2. Purpose of Research (Frascati Manual 2015)
Basic Applied Experimental developmentClassification criteria
The nature of the research
Pure (general, comprehensive,
exhaustive, monographic) Detailed (elementary, crucial, in-
depth)Oriented (priority, strategy,
support)
Specialised (implementation,
experiments, demonstration)
Form of cognition
Theoretical (abstract,
conceptual, speculative)
Empirical (observational,
analytical, pragmatic)
Empirical (observational,
experimental, analytical)
Technological (design,
measurement, experiments, pilot
studies, laboratories, tests)
Research procedure
Exploratory (probing, penetrative, investigative, conceptual)
Practical studies (experiments,
experiences, checks)
Data analysed
Quantitative (measurement, observation representative, quantitative modeling, quantitative inference)
Qualitative (process mapping, assessment of the state of objects and phenomena, modelling dependencies)
Area of knowledge
Monodisciplinary (formal, natural, technical, humanistic, social, artistic)
Multidisciplinary (interdisciplinary, transdisciplinary, heuristic, innovative)
Scale of cognition
Elementary (micro)
System (macro) Case studies
Elementary and system Unique
Prototype
Descriptive (literature analysis, archival research, historical observations)
Explanatory (interpretative, analytical, causal, comparative)