Clarós-Díaz, M.-Gonzalo, Stolle-Arranz, Azucena and Mayo-Íscar, Agustín . Training related to research capacity., 2022 In: Papers: a project for the future. Experiences and Sharing. Comares, pp. 149-170. [Book chapter]
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Research methodology is an essential area in the university environment and in fact constitutes the fundamental axis of master’s and doctoral programmes in university and research centres. From a practical point of view, it is a set of techniques, procedures and instruments that are used in research in a broad sense: from the formulation of the object of study to the publication of the results and conclusions obtained through articles, reports, books, etc., and their dissemination by any academic, scientific and/or social means. Between the beginning and end phases, we must not lose sight of other interme-diate ones that can be summarised as the search for information, as well as its evaluation,selection and organisation, the analysis of data from the qualitative and quantitative points of view, the elaboration and writing of publications, etc. It is crucially important for those who are going to train the future leaders of the different areas of society to have extensive knowledge of research methodology. In this regard, it is seen as fundamental that, once a research question has been generated, they possess the necessary rudiments to plan and execute an efficient search for information among sources of proven quality. Future trainers must be aware of the important role that different types of scientific documents play in communicating research results. Among them, articles have a decisive role and could be represented as the atoms of scientific matter or the bricks in the wall of knowledge. Likewise, it is essential that they bring students closer to the process of publishing works in scientific journals, mentioning the decisive importance of key elements such as anonymous peer review. In this contextual framework, it is essential to know and use the computer and technological tools available to respond to the different tasks related to research work, many of them today based on free-use computer programs accessible to everyone anywhere in the world. A priority area in any research is related to statistics and quantitative analysis, which seek to answer any research question by analysing the information obtained from samples of the reality under study or from data produced experimentally in an attempt to reproduce a certain process of interest. In this research a fundamental role is played by statistical techniques for data summary and representation which describe the observations available and the inference techniques that facilitate the obtainment, from data collected from the sample, of approximations to the parameters specified by the models governing the real situations from which the observations come. We cannot fail to mention the huge strides that statistics has taken in recent years. Although much statistical methodology was available in the 1980s, it was the emergence of the personal computer and its wide dissemination that made it possible for much of this methodology to be applicable in multiple fields of quantitative research and industry. The implementation of the statistical methodology available for its application in very different situations led to the development of new procedures that better meet the needs raised. In recent years, technology has facilitated the automated acquisition and storage of huge amounts of data of different kinds. The available data are not only numerical or qualitative observations, they are also images, sounds, videos that contain information from different realities and that must be analysed in an automated way to respond to different objectives. This means that statistical techniques are undergoing a great development process to meet these challenges that are posed. Trainers must be participants in this important development that is taking place in Statistics and know first-hand the practical applications of its use in the course of their research and training activity.
| Item type: | Book chapter |
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| Keywords: | Teacher training, Researcher training, Scientific research, Information management, Information Search, research profile management |
| Subjects: | B. Information use and sociology of information > BA. Use and impact of information. B. Information use and sociology of information > BJ. Communication B. Information use and sociology of information > BG. Information dissemination and diffusion. B. Information use and sociology of information > BH. Information needs and information requirements analysis. |
| Depositing user: | Azucena Stolle Arranz |
| Date deposited: | 29 May 2025 12:48 |
| Last modified: | 29 May 2025 12:51 |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/10760/46816 |
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