Basic Research vs. Applied Research

Basic Research vs. Applied Research A. Basic Research • Basic research can also be called “pure research” or “fundamental research.” It is a research carried out to increase understanding of fundamental principles. It is not intended to yield immediate commercial benefits; pure research can be thought of as arising out of curiosity. • Pure research advances fundamental knowledge about the human world. • Pure research is the source of most new scientific ideas and ways of thinking about the world • Focuses on refuting or supporting theories that explain how this world operates, what makes things happen, why social relations are a certain way, and why society changes. • Pure research generates new ideas, principles and theories, which may not be immediately utilized; though are the foundations of modern progress and development in different fields. • it stimulates new ways of thinking about deviance that have the potential to revolutionize and dramatically improve how practitioners deal with a problem. • A new idea or fundamental knowledge is not generated only by pure research, but pure research can build new knowledge. • Pure research is essential for nourishing the expansion of knowledge.

B. Applied Research • Applied research is a form of systematic inquiry involving the practical application of science. • It accesses and uses some part of the research communities' (the academia's) accumulated theories, knowledge, methods, and techniques, for a specific, often state-, business-, or client-driven purpose. • Applied research deals with solving practical problems and generally employs empirical methodologies. • Applied research is designed to solve practical problem of the modern world, rather than to acquire knowledge for knowledge’s sake. • It focuses on analysis and solving social and real life problems. This research is generally conducted on large scale basis, it