This post is the fourth in a series. When helping students become researchers, the goal is not only to equip students to tackle a current research project but also to ensure the learned skills will ...

A professor wondered why some types of research were more apt to secure federal grants, while others -- especially exploratory science -- often didn't. A Case Western Reserve University professor ...

We categorize market research into two main types: Primary and secondary. Primary research is research that you conduct yourself (or by a hired agency) to gather new information on current or ...

This post is Part I in a series. I got to speak with students at Laguna Beach High School (LBHS) recently when giving a career talk there. They kept asking me advanced questions about conducting ...

Iinformation that comes directly from the source--that is, potential customers. You can compile this information yourself or hire someone else to gather it for you via surveys, focus groups and other ...