Which of the following methods of acquiring knowledge save time and effort on the part of the researcher?

Which of the following methods of acquiring knowledge save time and effort on the part of the researcher? Correct Answer Method of consulting an authority

The method of consulting an authority is the method of acquiring knowledge that saves time and effort on the part of the researcher.

  • Research consultants conduct specialized and targeted research on behalf of a client and produce a final analysis of key findings.
  • They are normally experts in a particular field, sometimes scientific, who can provide reports in areas the company's full-time staff cannot.
  • Since they are experts in their field, it takes relatively lesser time for the researcher to learn about various things from them as they present solutions to questions before-hand.
  • They are trained experts who have enough experience to provide immediate knowledge to the researcher.
  • For example, a specialist marketing research consultant who would supply reports on market research to the client company so it can make informed strategic decisions.

Thus, option 4 is the correct answer.

1. Experience is something that is gained because of exposure to certain phenomena for a time. It is not an immediate method of acquiring knowledge and may take years to be relevant.

2. The main difference between the inductive and deductive methods is that:

  • The inductive method aims at developing a theory while the deductive method aims at testing an existing theory.
  • The inductive method moves from specific observations to broad generalizations, and the deductive method moves from broad generalizations to specific observations.
  • Both methods follow a certain procedure to get accurate interpretations.
  • Thus, they take relatively more time for purpose of acquiring knowledge as compared to the method of consulting an authority.

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Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer to each question out of the four alternatives and click the button corresponding to it.
Learning is the knowledge of that which is not generally known to others, and which we can only derive at second­hand from books or other artificial sources. The knowledge of that which is before us, or about us, which appeals to our experience, passions, and pursuits, to the bosoms and businesses of men, is not learning. Learning is the knowledge of that which none but the learned know. He is the most learned man who knows the most of what is farthest removed from common life and actual observation. The learned man prides himself in the knowledge of names, and dates, not of men or things. He thinks and cares nothing about his next­door neighbours, but he is deeply read in the tribes and castes of the Hindoos and Calmuc Tartars. He can hardly find his way into the next street, though he is acquainted with the exact dimensions of Constantinople and Peking. He does not know whether his oldest acquaintance is a knave or a fool, but he can pronounce a pompous lecture on all the principal characters in history. He cannot tell whether an object is black or white, round or square, and yet he is a professed master of the optics and the rules of perspective.
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