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Spot on Ken. Cheers. Fil On 15 June 2011 21:23, Ken Friedman <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear David, > > Where it comes to the general issues you raise, I tend to agree. But I will add two notes. > > One note is that the definitions pited here are general. They are not specific to PhD research. > Research for a PhD degree is a subset of the larger field of research. The PhD thesis is the > journeyman piece demonstrating that an apprentice researcher is able to conduct independent > research. Earning the PhD is also a research training process, in which we expect PhD students > to learn a wide variety of skills that will enable the graduate to undertake independent research > and to supervise research students in turn. > > The second note is that this list is a list for conversations on "PhD studies and related research > in design." By virtue of the fact that the 2000 subscribers include many senior members of the > global design research community, this tends to mean that we discuss general research issues, > post research requests for our own work, and engage in a variety of conversations that are > relevant to design research in general even though some of these conversations are not > directly relevant to research for the PhD. > > When I posted the list of definitions, I posted them for broad covering power. Within that broad > range, one can find examples that work for earning a PhD, but that wasn't an exclusive context. > > As for the rest, your comments are apt and accurate -- most clinical research is diagnostic, and > as such it answers questions on a specific case without generating new knowledge for the larger > field. As you note, this is why clinical research does not earn a PhD. > > Warm wishes, > > Ken -- \V/_ Filippo A. Salustri, Ph.D., P.Eng. Mechanical and Industrial Engineering Ryerson University 350 Victoria St, Toronto, ON M5B 2K3, Canada Tel: 416/979-5000 ext 7749 Fax: 416/979-5265 Email: [log in to unmask] http://deseng.ryerson.ca/~fil/