TESTING IDEAS

TESTING IDEAS

1. GATHERING DATA

   • HYPOTHESES
   • EXPECTED RESULTS/OBSERVATIONS
   • ACTUAL RESULTS/OBSERVATIONS

2. INTERPRETING DATA

   • SUPPORTIVE,CONTRADICTORY,SURPRISING OR INCONCLUSIVE DATA MAY...
     • ...SUPPORT A HYPOTHESIS.
     • ...OPPOSE A HYPOTHESIS.
     • ...INSPIRE REVISED/NEW HYPOTHESIS.
     • ...INSPIRE REVISED ASSUMPTIONS

3. COMMUNITY ANALYSIS AND FEEDBACK

   • FEEDBACK AND PEER REVIEW
     • COMING UP WITH NEW QUESTIONS/IDEAS
   • PUBLICATION
     • THEORY BUILDING
   • DISCUSSION WITH COLLEAGUES
   • REPLICATION

4. BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES

   • DEVELOP TECHNOLOGY
   • BUILD KNOWLEDGE
   • SATISFY CURIOSITY
   • SOLVE EVERYDAY PROBLEMS
   • INFORM POLICY
   • ADDRESS SOCIETAL ISSUES

5. EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY

   • MAKING OBSERVATION
   • ASKING QUESTIONS
   • SHARING DATA AND IDEAS
   • FINDING INSPIRATION
   • EXPLORING THE LITERATURE

6. DEFINITIONS

   • BENEFITS AND OUTCOMES
     • OUTCOME: the result of the change derived from using the project's outputs
       • BENEFITS: the measurable improvement resulting from an outcome that is perceived as an advantage by one or more stakeholders
         • KNOWLEDGE: facts, information, and skills acquired through experience or education
           • SOCIETAL ISSUES: an issue that relates to society's perception of people's personal lives.
             • INFORM POLICY: when policy-makers use the best available evidence to help make policy decisions.
   • EXPLORATION AND DISCOVERY
     • EXPLORATION : the act of searching for the purpose of discovery of information or resources
       • OBSERVATION: the action or process of closely observing or monitoring something or someone
   • COMMUNITY ANALYSIS AND FEEDBACK
     • COMMUNITY ANALYSIS: refers to the process of collecting information about the library and its community.
       • FEEDBACK: defined as a return of information about a result or the returned portion of a process.
         • REPLICATION: the action of copying or reproducing something.
           • THEORY BUILDING: The process of building a statement of concepts and their interrelationships that shows how and/or why a phenomenon occurs.
   • GATHERING DATA
     • GATHERING DATA : the process of gathering and measuring information on variables of interest,
       • EXPECTED: anticipate the occurrence or the coming of
   • INTERPRETING DATA
     • INTERPRETING DATA: the process of reviewing data through some predefined processes which will help assign some meaning to the data and arrive at a relevant conclusion.
       • HYPOTHESIS : supposition or proposed explanation made on the basis of limited evidence as a starting point for further investigation.
         • ASSUMPTIONS: a thing that is accepted as true or as certain to happen, without proof