Applied Agricultural Research: Foundations and Methodology

ISBN-13: 9780367011918 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 238 str.

Chris O Andrew

Opis

 The desire to resolve problems through pragmatic observation, systematic evaluation, and coordinated action persists with each new generation of researchers. A timeless task that bears individual, social, and often cultural characteristics, problem resolution is essentially an experiential process. Routine and methodology can enhance both its proc

Spis treści

Preface -- Introduction -- Foundations and Applied Research -- Creative Applied Research and You, the Researcher -- Theory and Applied Research: An Interactive Relationship -- Planning Applied Research -- Effects of Resource Availability on Applied Research -- Sources of Information for Initial Problem Specification -- Orientation and Focus of Projects: Researchable Problems, Hypotheses and Objectives1 -- Conducting Applied Research -- The Orientation to Observation -- Agricultural Research Based in Experimentation -- Behavioral Research Based in Interviews -- Data Utilization and Information Synthesis — What Does It All Mean? -- Applied Research Project Proposals