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 Main subject - mar/apr 2004
Scientific Research
Nilson Lemos de Menezes
nlmenezes@smail.ufsm.br
Francisco Amaral Villela
francisco.villela@ufpel.tche.br
"Scientific
research
requires
frequently, high
investments as much in what it refers to the researchers
formation, as in the materials and equipments for its development."
Besides that, many times it demands, the researcher's hard work, but not always the results reveal those factors.
Recent research about the public perception of science revealed important information on the degree of comprehension of the scientific and technological knowledge and, also, on the consumption of the scientific information in the society. However, the survey indicated that the image of the science prevails as source of improvement of the human life, however great majority of the people interviewed consider themselves little informed on science and technology, confirming research results previously accomplished at several countries.
Investments in science and technology, whether from the government or from the private sector, as well as the persistence and the researchers' competence can determine high levels of economical efficiency and productivity.
The knowledge production doesnot occur separately, it is considered to be a collective construction of the scientific community, being a continuous process of search, that can be corroborated or objected by subsequent researches, therefore the permanent hypothetical character of its results.
The scientific work requires, besides rigidity, creativity, not only talking about accumulated knowledge, but also of collaboration in the development of the science. In this path, logic and competence is demanded.
The scientific research is not a chaotic activity, it is a systematic investigation that contains appropriate criterions and instruments. It demands critical spirit in order to relate with the political, social and economical world that it involves. The explicitness and the accuracy are essential requirements to the research and they compose the scientific method, which provides to the researcher the general orientation for planning, execution and interpretation of the results. The seriousness, the honesty and the perfect group of the researcher's knowledge compete for the establishment, the reliability of the research.
The scientific method is a group of processes in which the science is built. It involves techniques and procedures that will require researcher's intelligence, for the comprehension of the phenomena.
All investigation elapses from some observed problem. The researcher when using the creative imagination and the available knowledge proposes the hypothesis, in other words, the temporary solution that will guide the investigation process.
The experimentation involves a group of procedures for the verification of the hypothesis, in order to establish relations. The efficiency of the used method and the precision of the collected data are essential components for the success of the research. The researcher using formation and intellectual maturity as well as analysis capacity, comparison and synthesis, can elaborate the conclusions.
Process of labeling plants to minize data variation
In the agronomic area, the objectives of the research are very wide, but fundamentally they reflect the search of economical benefits in order to satisfy the needs and progress of the society.
The scientific production in the last decades can be considered extraordinary. The progresses in biotechnology, for instance, made possible the genetic modification with the alteration, addition or removal of certain characteristics of a plant. It's important to point out, that in many countries the principles of biosafety monitor the research, quantifying and regulating risks and benefits, taking into consideration, bioethics.
The results of the research when incorporated in the productive process, they increase the productivity of the production factors; as a result, it expands the total product of the agriculture. The social and economical return of the scientific and technological research nobody questions, however concrete data are presented for its verification.
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