I think people underestimate formal study of research methods like reading texts / taking a course on research methodology for improving research abilities.
There are many concepts within control, experimental design, validitiy, and reliability like construct validity or conclusion validity that you would learn from a research methods textbook that are super helpful for improving the quality of research. I think many researchers implicitly learn these things without ever knowing what they exactly are but that is usually through trial and errors (peer review rejections and embarrasment) which can be avoided by looking into research methods texts.
Of course this doesn’t help with the discovery aspect of research which I think your article is good at outlining but at some point research questions need to be investigated and understanding research design makes it really obvious the kinds of work you need to do in order to have a high quality investigation.
I think people underestimate formal study of research methods like reading texts / taking a course on research methodology for improving research abilities.
There are many concepts within control, experimental design, validitiy, and reliability like construct validity or conclusion validity that you would learn from a research methods textbook that are super helpful for improving the quality of research. I think many researchers implicitly learn these things without ever knowing what they exactly are but that is usually through trial and errors (peer review rejections and embarrasment) which can be avoided by looking into research methods texts.
Of course this doesn’t help with the discovery aspect of research which I think your article is good at outlining but at some point research questions need to be investigated and understanding research design makes it really obvious the kinds of work you need to do in order to have a high quality investigation.
Do you have a recommendation for a good research methods textbook / other text?