How Do You Know When Research Is Good?

Law Library Journal, Vol. 98, pp. 721-25, 2006

5 Pages Posted: 21 Feb 2009

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Mary Whisner

University of Washington - School of Law

Date Written: February 2, 2009

Abstract

How can you evaluate the quality of research or of researchers? This essay explores the question and concludes with this formulation:

A good researcher gets the right answer (or a plausible answer) efficiently (that is, quickly but not too quickly to be thorough enough for the task) and can explain the research process (sources and searches chosen and not chosen). Also a good researcher doesn't get in trouble with a judge, a boss, or a professor for sloppy research.

Keywords: research, legal research

Suggested Citation

Whisner, Mary, How Do You Know When Research Is Good? (February 2, 2009). Law Library Journal, Vol. 98, pp. 721-25, 2006, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=1336698

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