Objects of Study

Title
- Title announces an area of interest; points to a research question; suggests major claims.
Area of Interest
- Area of Interest states a research focus that reflects the struggles that define a community.
Topic
- Topic describes a research focus specific enough to be investigated in the amount of time and with resources available.
Research Question
- Research Question states a topic worthy of investigation by noting where or how the state of knowledge is somehow flawed or incomplete in such a way as to suggest the significance of an answer relevant to a specific community.
Practical Problem
- Practical Problem states a condition in the world and experienced universally with a sufficient cost to require new knowledge towards its solution.
Research Problem
- Research Problem expresses a conceptual problem in relation to a larger practical problem. Although related to a practical problem, the solution of a research problem does not completely solve a practical problem.
Technique
- Technique a "complex tool used to formalize" information co-generated between observer and observed.
Information Produced
- Information Produced organizes the representation of observations and new knowledge archived through a system of Information.
Glossary
- Glossary introduces key concepts generated through the research process.