As you know, science can be applicable or basic. For example, you can study math, physics, chemistry, etc. as basic science, or as an applied science. These are different in terms of the
What is the difference between basic research and applied research?
The aim of applied research is different from basic research, in a way that basic (theoretical) research deals with theoretical and fundamental principles to satisfy scientists’ curiosity, while applied (practical) research aims for solving problems and producing a product.
In other words, basic science tries to understand the world and the way it works. Applied science uses obtained information in order to make life easier.
How a basic research is conducted?
A basic research could be explanatory or descriptive.
Explanatory researches explore the relationship among events, while descriptive researches present a comprehensive description of the subject or expand the knowledge which
Basic researches need accuracy in terms of the words used, besides they would be of lots of terminologies.
How an applied research is conducted?
In order to conduct
In addition, in applied researches, terminologies will not be used as many as basic researches. Instead, this kind of research needs accuracy in terms of numbers and statistics.
Is applied researches better and more important than basic researches?
You cannot say which one is preferred. Indeed, basic researches are as a foundation for applied researches. They provide the knowledge and applied scientists would use that knowledge to make our life easier, invent things, cure diseases, etc.
As you can see, they both are necessary and useful.
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