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Transportation Research Center Inc.

Transportation Research Center Inc. (TRC Inc.) is an independent automotive proving ground providing research and development, and compliance and certification testing for vehicles and components for crash testing, emissions testing, dynamic testing and durability testing.
Transportation Research Center Inc., your automotive testing partner.
by TRC Inc. August 2, 2011
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set in the half life universe, aperture science was the rival of black mesa research facility the setting of the game half life where gordon freeman worked, aperture science research facility was the setting of the game portal
person 1: hey dude you played portal right? the game set in aperture science research facility? you know the rival of black mes-

person 2: DUDE wtf are you a freaking dictionary how do you know all this crap?

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by Dr.x1611 May 3, 2010
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Amorphitative Research

Amorphitative research is the least reliable method of data collection. Quantitative research data is the most reliable and rigorous form of data, usually involving large sample sizes. Qualitative research is much less reliable but still considered a good source of data for uncovering concepts, definitions, language, etc. with smaller sample sizes. Amorphitative research has extremely small sample sizes with completely contradictory data. Data from amorphitative research is completely worthless.
At first, the research was described as qualitative because of the small sample size, but after reviewing the results and realizing that all the interviews were completely contradictory the study was dubbed amorphitative research.
by circlesofindecision September 5, 2018
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Win Research Centre

Data is the new science and WRC holds few answers with Big Data Analytics and Artificial Intelligence.
Turn Data Into Ultimate Value for your Business with Win Research Centre (WRC).
by Smoxy 98 November 25, 2021
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field research

Banging a hot researcher chick in her field of research, ideally redwoods
Christina and I went out to Armstrong Woods and did some field research
by BackwardsW May 19, 2022
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Tertiary Research

When one observes a researcher conducting secondary research, it can be termed as engaging in tertiary research. This is not exclusive to academic researchers; anyone observing another person researching information on the internet can also be considered as conducting tertiary research.
"Oh, did you come up with this in your tertiary research?"

During a conference "The claims made in my paper were largely based on thorough tertiary research conducted in the pub last Friday"
by anonymous April 1, 2024
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Meta-Research

The study of research itself—its methods, reporting, biases, incentives, and cultural practices. Also called "research on research," it’s the science of how science gets done (and often goes wrong). Meta-research audits disciplines for problems like publication bias, p-hacking, low statistical power, and irreproducibility. It doesn't discover new facts about the universe; it diagnoses the health of the processes we use to make those discoveries, acting as the immune system for academia.
*Example: A Meta-Research project analyzes 1,000 published psychology studies and finds that 90% of them used sample sizes too small to reliably detect the effects they were looking for. This doesn't debunk any specific psychological theory, but it casts doubt on the entire evidentiary foundation of the field, prompting a credibility crisis and reform.*
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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