How the Backward Research Method Works The backward research method was first described in a 1985 Harvard Business Review article by marketing professor Alan Andreasen.

Combining methods in social scientific research has recently gained momentum through a research strand called Mixed Methods Research (MMR). This approach, which explicitly aims to offer a framework ...

Yes. You can tell I don't like the scientific method too much. (To be clear, though, there's nothing wrong with a science project about batteries. I, uh, did one of my own a while ago). The ...

The Scientific Method and COVID-19 The scientific method is taught in primary and secondary school. Initially, you ask a question: How is the new coronavirus transmitted? You then do a little ...

The critical path method, a product of operations research, helps you set timetables for complicated projects made up of multiple interdependent tasks. Getting these kinds of projects done in the ...

It's the initial building block in the scientific method. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A scientific hypothesis is a ...

Our latest Methods 101 video explains the basics of machine learning and how it allows our researchers to analyze data on a large scale.