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The Research Paper: Research Process Types
Inductive Research Process
Researched Report Process
Deductive Persuasive or Argumentative Essay Process
Report leading to Inductive Question leading to Deductive Conclusion
Commonly assigned in the sciences and social sciences
Common to all fields (Literature reviews, summary reports)
Common to history and the humanities
Common to all theses and dissertations
To discover (inductive)
Conjecture-based
Uses data and ideas as evidence to support the conjecture
Analyzes and interprets data and ideas
Reaches a result
Creates new knowledge
To inform
Question or wonder-based Topic-based
Gathers and Summarizes data and ideas
Presents analysis and interpretation of others.
To inform and convince (deductive)
Take a stance in the form of a thesis
Has an audience in mind
Uses logic as primary but not only rhetorical appeal
Includes unique perspective and conclusion of arguer
Applies known knowledge to reach a conclusion
To report on current literature, to establish (inductive) and convince (deductive)
Originally conjecture- based but takes a stance in the form of a thesis once the hypothesis is proven or disproven (the new knowledge)
Uses data and ideas as evidence to support the claim that the knowledge is new
Analyzes and interprets data and ideas
Draws conclusion
Has an audience in mind
Includes unique perspective and conclusion of arguer
Starts with a conjecture
Uses data and ideas as evidence to support the conjecture
Analyzes and interprets data and ideas from experiment and/or sources
Reaches a result that creates new knowledge
Presents the new knowledge in the form of a thesis
Uses logic as primary but perhaps not the only rhetorical appeal
Applies knowledge to reach a conclusion
Starts with a conjecture
Uses data and ideas as evidence to support the conjecture
Analyzes and interprets data and ideas from experiment and/or sources
Reaches a result that creates new knowledge Informs the reader of that knowledge by summarizing data and ideas that led to the conclusion.
Starts with a question or a wonderment about the topic. Informs reader of knowledge on a topic by summarizing data and ideas from experiment and/or sources
Information gathered leads to research conjecture formulation.
Uses data and ideas as evidence to show how the conclusion to the conjecture is arrived upon
Presents knowledge in the form of a thesis
Uses logic as primary but not only rhetorical appeal
Applies known knowledge to reach a conclusion
Conclusion leads to formulation of a new question
Uses data and ideas as evidence to answer the question
Analyzes and interprets data and ideas from experience and/or sources
Reaches a result that creates new knowledge
Informs reader of knowledge on a topic
Summarizes data and ideas from experiment and /or sources
Presents the knowledge in the form of a thesis
Uses logic as primary but not only rhetorical appeal
Includes unique perspective and conclusion of arguer
Applies knowledge to reach a conclusion
Presents knowledge in the form of a thesis
Uses logic as primary but not only rhetorical appeal
Applies knowledge to reach a conclusion Expands general conclusion to address other contexts
