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Research Methods: Description

Research

Jane Goodall Institute Chimpanzee Central

Jane Goodall Institute - Research program dedicated to the study of chimpanzees.

USGS Real-time Water Quality Data

USGS - Water-resources data collected at approximately 1.5 million sites.

Google Scholar

Related Modules

Research Methods: Modeling

Research Methods: Experimentation

Research Methods: Comparison

People

Grove Karl Gilbert

Further Exploration

Why Descriptive Science Still Matters

BioScience - A short article by David A. Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel about the role that descriptive science plays in modern biology.

Resources

Visionlearning Glossary

An alphabetical glossary of relevant scientific terms.

Classics

Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains

G.K. Gilbert's original 1877 publication from the Geographical and Geological Survey of the Rocky Mountain Region

Report on the Geology of the Henry Mountains, Volume 2

Original 1880 text by G. K. Glbert

External Resources

Research Methods in Practice: Strategies for Description and Causation

Internet Research Scout

Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches

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Glossary

Quotes

...Darwin was a prolific describer of everything from barnacles to orchid
pollination and animal emotions. ... [His work] succeeded so well because it assembled and explained vast descriptive evidence.
- Grimaldi and Engel, Why Descriptive Science Still Matters



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