[Air-l] Researching

Denise N. Rall denrall at yahoo.com
Wed Sep 3 18:44:33 PDT 2003


Dear Elaine -

Ok, I'll weigh in and say the obvious, one needs to be
trained in the appropriate research techniques. I
didn't check your website (as I didn't see one posted
in your signature line) to find out what your
qualifications are in this area.  I would say that
most often, social science researchers are trained in
their graduate degree programs at universities.  In
that venue, researchers build the contacts required to
submit grants to support their researching efforts. .
. very few people just start in as full-blown
researchers without doing a degree (in my world).

I do know some excellent journalists who are
researchers who have learned outside of their degrees
and do professionally support themselves via their
efforts but they have international names and
international reputations as well.

It's a bit obvious but if one is situated outside of
the academic world it is a puzzle.  But few people
just 'do research' - mostly it's build the network to
write the grant to be funded to 'do research' - part
of a long process. Not like working the test tubes in
the Biology lab, where one can be a full time
technician without the advanced degree (if one so
chooses).

Cheers, Denise





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