Research methods and concepts
Six guides covering what happens at each step of a research project. Each one answers a single question and lists the sources it relies on at the end of the page.
Why were these guides written?
The guides were written to explain, in plain language, what happens at each step of a research project and which methodological tradition it rests on. The target reader is graduate students, academics and specialists running institutional research.
Who a method comes from is given with author and year, and the full list of sources is given openly at the end of every guide.
Which guides cover reading the literature?
A study starts by reading what a field says. These three guides cover mapping the structure of the literature, marking the unstudied area within that structure, and gathering evidence according to a protocol written in advance.
Which guides cover method and decision?
Once the literature has been read, the question turns to what to do with the data. These three guides cover how a design is chosen, how a ranking is built under conflicting criteria, and how the output is kept traceable.
Who publishes these guides?
The guides are published by SCIMIND Teknoloji Yazılım Eğitim ve Danışmanlık A.Ş., based in Gaziantep and founded on July 3, 2026. There is no personal signature under the text, responsibility rests with the company; the source list at the end of every guide exists so the reader can check for themselves which studies it relies on.
Write in if you spot an error or find something missing. When a correction is made, the page's updated date changes as well.
Where should you go after the guides?
The guides explain the method, not the tool. You can find the platforms that run these steps, and how they work, on their own pages.
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