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from [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software_engineering): 

 
>  **Software engineering** (SE) is the application of a systematic, disciplined, quantifiable approach to the development, operation, and maintenance of software, and the study of these approaches.
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 I was wondering if there is something similar for research, something that we could call **Research engineering**. I imagine it to be a research field on its own, with students "researching on how to do research". I believe software development has benefited a lot from research in SE. Maybe research could also benefit from Research engineering. 

 The questions are: 

 * is there some institute or some university department in the world where they work on Research Engineering?
* in which faculty you would position such department/institute?

 *Edited*: After getting a couple of good answers, I am still not completely satisfied, so I would like to clarify my question. What I am really interested in is indeed a "software engineering" approach. I am not interested in philosophical or sociological research. In fact, the question I had originally in mind was whether it's possible or not to apply actual software development methodologies to research. In more concrete terms, I am wondering whether anyone has studied the application in research of models similar to the waterfall, or the spiral model, or things like extreme programming, [Scrum](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrum_%28development%29), etc... (Note: these are just examples, please don't comment to each of them one by one).
I've never heard of a field dedicated to the study of research methods. There are journals dedicated to advances in methodology (e.g., [[1]](http://www.journals.elsevier.com/journal-of-neuroscience-methods/), [[2]](http://www.biotechniques.com/)), but the closest concept I've encountered to a field dedicated to researching research is Thomas Kuhn's classic work [The Structure of Scientific Revolutions](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Structure_of_Scientific_Revolutions) and other similar philosophical works, which discuss how science, as a field, progresses and evolves.

 I would guess that the reason for the lack of such a field is such research is part and parcel of the actual work done in the field. In order to study biochemistry, one must understand *how* to study biochemistry; in order to study mathematics, one must know the types of questions and the methods used to find answers in mathematics. Each field is unique, and each field will find specific methods that will optimally serve the needs of that specific field. While there may be broadly-applicable research techniques, each field will solve the problem of "how to do research" differently, in the way that best suits that field.
years ago you have to have a degree in chemical engineering to become a top person in environmental engineering at a plant.
there was no such thing as an environmental engineering degree.

you never touch waste water - you are just in charge of meeting state compliance and environmental standards. 
you have poeple with ged's that do any dirty work.

the government publishes a gray book - forgot the name - that covers all environmental regulations that must be followed by every company - this will become your bible.

cheme's do not spend all day on a lab.
they go on to be production managers and plant manangers.
chemical engineers is currently one of the highest paying 4 year degrees.
the degree is highly in demand - take it if you think you can pass it.
if not environmental engineers can easily make just a bit under of what cheme's make.
both are rewarding careers that will get you respect.

remember - there is no dumpster diving - not when you are making 75k a year to start.
you'll have people that will jump when you say jump.
/ this question is a bit harder to answer than it appears on the surface, because there really is a lot to programming, so a specific field of interest to narrow the search could help narrow the list.

zorin os ultimate comes with a lot of useful programming applications that i would not have otherwis… Yes. You can study while working also. But what course you want to study is more important.  
With your graduation, you can start trying for a job. Many banks, PSUs and private organisations advertise posts. So you apply for them and start preparing well. If you want and if you can, you can consider joining in a coaching centre and get trained properly so that you will get a job in a good bank or any other good organisation.   
Once you join in a job, you can think of studying and acquiring new skills. There are distant education programmes and there are part-time institutes. You can decide on the course you want to study. You say you want to study cost and management accounting courses.  
The following are some of the institutes offering courses in the area you are interested in. These are online courses.  
1. Harvard-Business-School: They are offering a course called CORe Course. This is a course. on the fundamentals of business thinking. A three-course online program is designed by this institute which suits for the people who just graduates. You can go through https://www.hbs.edu/Pages/default.aspx so that you will get all the details about this course and the other courses this school is offering.  
2. Amity University: This university is offering various courses in the field of your interest. There are degree courses, diploma and PG diploma courses online which suited you. Their website is https://www.amity.edu/. You can refer and decide on the course.  
3. Indian School of Business: This institute is also a good institute offering courses online. They are offering Accounts based marketing course. Their web address is https://www.isb.edu/. Please go through the same for all the required details.  
4. University of South Africa: Their web address is https://www.unisa.ac.za/. They are having many courses online and their course on management accounting is popular. Go through the above address for full details.  
  
There are many such institutes. First, concentrate on getting a job and then join in any above institutes and continue your study. as i noted learning javascript is a good place to go as it’s used to make webpages more dynamic! the front end engineer career path may work well for you as the lessons you have already done will be completed, but there’s a lot of extra notes and such in it for html and css, as well as adding in the… ![A Software Test Engineer](https://cpentalk.com/?qa=blob&qa_blobid=12836291948296319823)

Testing is a process, which shows a program does what it is intended to do and it helps to discover program defects before it is put into use. 


> It is not necessary for a program to be completely free of defects before it is delivered to its customers because it is not always (99% of the time) possible to deliver a defect free product to the customer which is of 100% quality.
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And testing cannot completely validate that a system is fit for its intended purpose as this requires a detailed knowledge of what that purpose will be and exactly how the system will be used. As these details inevitably change between deciding to procure a system and deploying that system, the testing will be necessarily incomplete.

In addition, it is practically impossible for all except trivial system to have a complete test set that covers all possible ways that the system is likely to be used.

**A program need not be completely free of defects before delivery if:**

1. Remaining defects are minor defects that do not cause system corruption and which are transient i.e. which can be cleared when new data is input.

2. Remaining defects are such that they are recoverable and a recovery function that causes minimum user disruption is available.

3. The benefits to the customer's business from the system exceed the problems that might be caused by the remaining system defects.





Please leave a comment below if you found this answer helpful. Happy learning! business ethics is a form of applied ethics or professional ethics, that examines ethical principles and moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business environment. it applies to all aspects of business conduct and is relevant to the conduct of individuals and entire organizations. it has a set of values and principles that govern the behaviour of individuals in an organisation. the main purpose of business ethics is to guide managers and other employees to perform their jobs in a manner that is socially acceptable.
the following are some of the elements of business ethics.
(a) top management commitment
(b) publication of a ‘code’.
(c) establishment of compliance mechanism
(d) involvement of employees at all levels
(e) measurement of results what makes science and pseudoscience different is the way that they are meant to find out details about different things. there are some people who make use of pseudoscience when they would like to find evidence that will support the claims **it establishes the authors' in-depth understanding and knowledge of their field subject**. it gives the background of the research. portrays the scientific manuscript plan of examining the research result. illuminates on how the knowledge has changed within the field. Game theory, developed by [American mathematician John Nash](https://www.britannica.com/biography/John-Nash), is essential to AI because it plays an underlying role in how these smart algorithms improve over time.


At its most basic, AI is about algorithms that are deployed to find solutions to problems. Game theory is about players in opposition trying to achieve specific goals. As most aspects of life are about competition, game theory has many meaningful real-world applications.


These problems tend to be dynamic. Some game theory problems are natural candidates for AI algorithms. So, whenever game theory is applied, multiple AI agents that interact with each other will only care about utility to itself.


Data scientists within this space should be [aware of the following games](https://towardsdatascience.com/game-theory-for-data-scientists-2a3b649809):


* Symmetric vs. asymmetric
* Perfect vs. imperfect information
* Cooperative vs. non-cooperative
* Simultaneous vs. sequential
* Zero-sum vs. non-zero-sum test 1 study guide phys107, quinn chapter 1: about science what is science?  a body of knowledge and a way of thinking that describes the order within the natural world and the causes of that order o ideas are organized based on observation o modern science (since the 1500s) expresses those ideas with mathematics, because it’s unambiguous and easy to verify/disprove  disclaimer: science has never proven one thing; instead, many hypotheses have been tested over and over and some have had a constant result, many have not. the only thing science can do is