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research  

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  • Research is a form of organized intellectual work closely associated with the conduct of science. Like its cognates in French (recherche) and German (Forschung), the English word research carries connotations that distinguish it from such related terms as discovery and scholarship. [Source: Encyclopedia of Research Design; Research]

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