Applied Agricultural Research: Foundations And Methodology

by Chris O Andrew

Overview

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

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780367011918
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/18/2019
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.88(w) x 9.00(h) x (d)
Lexile:	1440L (what's this?)

Table of Contents

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