Originality

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Originality Types of Researchby A.R.
Abbasi (http//www.cs.ait.ac.th/cs103343)

• What is originality in research for earning a
  Ph.D.?
• What are different types of research?

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Originality

• The PhD is awarded for an
• original contribution to knowledge.

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bringing new evidence to bear on an old issue
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looking at areas that people in the discipline
havent looked at before
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using already known material but with a new
interpretation
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taking a particular technique and applying it in
a new area
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being cross-disciplinary and using different
methodologies
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Research Types

• Exploratory Research
• Testing-Out Research
• Problem Solving Research

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• Exploratory Research
• tackling a new problem/issue/topic about which
  little is known

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Testing-out Research Finding the
limits/conditions of an idea e.g. testing a
biological process at different temperatures or
pressures
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• Problem Solving Research
• Identifying a problem and searching for
  solution(s).

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Acknowledgements

• How to get a PhD
• A handbook for students and their supervisors
• 4th Edition
• by
• Estelle M. Phillips and Derek S. Pugh