The Chronicle of Higher Education took another look at “research results that donâ??t surprise us.”
Those who donâ??t pay close attention to such things might be amazed at the amount of research that goes on at an institution such as UW-Madison. To get an idea of the range of work taking place across campus, check out the universityâ??s “Ideas and Discoveries” web page. This page is especially cool because it lets one search for “Ideas and Discoveries” by subject. For example, there are 2,244 articles related to UW-Madison “research” going back to February of 1997.
While most of these findings are both important and interesting, there certainly are studies which cross this desk — or computer screen — that make one wonder why a researcher was given a significant amount of time and money to find the answer to X, Y or Z.