- Nov 07, 2020
Research Quotes
On research, discovery, and what the data shows.
One quote defines research almost as improvisation - doing something without knowing exactly what you're doing - while others cite concrete findings on how teacher quality predicts a student's long-term outcomes. Doing picks up that first thread.
- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Only
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- Nov 07, 2020
Whilst worthy in themselves, applications shouldn't be the only way to drive basic research.
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
I wandered along to the chemistry labs, more or less on the rebound, and asked about becoming a research student. It was the '60s, a time of university expansion: the doors were open, and a 2:1 was good enough to get me in.
- Journalism
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- Nov 07, 2020
See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling the truth in a journalistic way. Journalists know when to call a halt and write something, but I kept on looking for answers.
- Government
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- Nov 07, 2020
You know, Chevron - we don't do original research on climate change. It's the government's role to do that, and we accept the determinations that are there.
- Men
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the war, most young men were inducted into the armed forces at the age of 17. A group of students was permitted to attend university before taking part in wartime research projects.
- Decision
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- Nov 07, 2020
Leaving England was a painful decision, and we still have some regrets about it. However, at that time, the research environment for theoretical chemistry was clearly better in the U.S.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
When times are good, there is budget available for increased research on secondary products or customers.
- Cement
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- Nov 07, 2020
Brand preferences and consumption levels in emerging markets such as China, India and Brazil tend to be more fluid. Consumer research is therefore critical to aid marketers trying to cement brand preferences early on as these economies develop.
- Announced
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- Nov 07, 2020
As part of our research, we monitor just about every announced deal globally that is in excess of a billion dollars.
- Energy
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- Nov 07, 2020
The scientists who do climate research understand that much of the ever increasing concentration of CO2 in the atmosphere since 1850 must be attributed to burning those fossil fuels to produce the energy that drives industrialization.
- Love
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- Nov 07, 2020
When it comes to sermon writing, generally there are two problems. Some preachers love the research stage but hate the writing, and they start writing too late. Others don't like doing research, so they move way too fast to the writing part.
- People
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- Nov 07, 2020
Research universities need excellent means to communicate and express their results to regular people.
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- Nov 07, 2020