Attending a psychology conference this month, I was struck by an unsettling trend in social-science research. The abstract book revealed that nearly all of the 1,500 posters and talks related to some ...

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 ...

There is growing concern about the reproducibility of scientific research, and neuroimaging research suffers from many features that are thought to lead to high levels of false results. Statistical ...

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 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 ...

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 ...