On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 12:36 PM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/7/2008 5:27:04 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, ritzman@gmail.com writes:
Would the phrase "all research is original" be a simple way of stating the above?>>
No. When I go to the library and read the newspaper I am not doing original research. I am doing source-based research. They are not the same thing.
Original research means I am *creating* the statements of fact, not that I'm looking them up in another source.
So "all research" is not "original" since people use the word "research" to cover looking things up in other sources.
Will Johnson
The issue is that presenting that research is always somewhat original - that is, the statement "This presentation of statements is substantively equivalent to the statements in this source" is not a trivial one - it's an argument that does not come directly and transparently from the original source. Summary is original research.
-Phil