Research Methods And Techniques

verb to assemble or put together information or data from various sources into one cohesive unit

• The researcher needs to compile all the data before drawing any conclusions.
• Can you compile a list of all the attendees for the meeting?
• I'll compile a playlist of all the best songs for the road trip.
• She tried to compile all her memories into a coherent story.

noun a person who studies the causes and effects of diseases, especially one who examines laboratory samples of body tissue for diagnostic or forensic purposes

• The pathologist examined the tissue samples under a microscope to make a diagnosis.
• The pathologist looked at the samples closely to figure out what was wrong.
• The pathologist checked out the tissues to see what was up.
• Like a detective, the pathologist pieced together clues from the samples to solve the medical mystery.

noun Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) is a technique used in molecular biology to amplify a single copy or a few copies of a piece of DNA across several orders of magnitude, generating thousands to millions of copies of a particular DNA sequence.

• PCR, or polymerase chain reaction, is a widely used technique in molecular biology.
• I had to do a PCR test before traveling abroad.
• I'm getting a PCR done to make sure I'm good to go.
• The PCR of data analysis involves breaking down complex information into smaller parts.

noun a collection of notes or jottings on a particular subject, especially literary, historical, or scientific

adjective relating to or characteristic of adversaria

• The scholar meticulously documented her research findings in her adversaria.
• I keep all my notes and random thoughts in my adversaria notebook.
• I scribbled down some quick notes in my adversaria.
• Her mind was like an adversaria, filled with random thoughts and ideas.