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6.25 Limitations of the Modern Scientific Method . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.26 Applications in Modern Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
6.27 Quiz (6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77

7 Scientific Research in Computing and Information Sciences 80
7.1 Chapter Objectives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
7.2 Scientific Research in Computing and Information Sciences . . . . . . . . 81
7.3 Definition of Scientific Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
7.4 Importance of Scientific Research in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

7.5 Types of Scientific Research in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.5.1 Basic Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.5.2 Applied Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

7.5.3 Experimental Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.6 Research Problems in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
7.7 Steps of Scientific Research in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7.1 Problem Identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7.2 Literature Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

7.7.3 Research Objectives and Questions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7.4 Hypothesis Formulation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7.5 Methodology Design . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
7.7.6 Experimentation and Implementation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84

7.7.7 Data Collection and Analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.7.8 Results and Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.7.9 Conclusion and Recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84
7.8 Research Tools in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85

7.9 Writing Scientific Research in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.10 Ethical Issues in Computing Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85
7.11 Plagiarism and Academic Integrity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.12 Research in Emerging Computing Fields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

7.13 Role of Research for Computer Science Students . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.14 Challenges in Computing Research . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
7.15 Future of Scientific Research in Computing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
7.16 Quiz (7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

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