The following are considered sciences of discovery except for:

• Chemistry

• Engineering

• Linguistics

• Microbiology

The purpose of these kind of sciences is to fulfull genuine human needs

• Science of discovery

• Science of review

• Practical science

• Pseudoscience

In this step of the research process results are interpreted and compared with the original research’s approaches.

• Literature review

• Formulate an hypothesis

• Experimentation

• Data analysis

"The practical application of knowledge in a particular area"

The three criteria for scientific knowledge

• Truth, Righteousness, Moral

• Belief, Justification, Time

• Truth, Belief, Justification

• Variables, Methods, Information

This type of research aims to explain why or how something is happening

• Quantitative

• Analytical

• Predictive

• Applied

Research approach characterized for collecting and analyzing numerical data

• Quantitative

• Qualitative

• Deductive

• Inductive

Something created for the first time through the use of the imagination

• Knowledge

• Discovery

• Science

• Invention

"A body of facts learned by study or experience"

• Science

• Scientific research

• Discovery

• Invention

This research approach tests an hypothesis in order to verify a theory.

• Deductive

• Quantitative

• Inductive

• Qualitative