Is this research?
Is this research?
- Someone uses a script to systematically try out how many players can play an online game simultaneously before the server goes down.
- Someone is looking at what solutions already exist for a particular problem.
- Someone observes how people currently perform a certain task, without ICT tools.
- Someone interviews a client to find out what requirements they have for a solution to their problem.
- Someone consciously weighs up different operating systems by comparing them on important aspects.
Yes, this is all research! But what is research exactly?