When updated research is published about a topic should the old research be 'unpublished'? Is it just going to be taking up library space or wasting peoples time if they look at it, or do we need to keep it for historical purposes.
I don't think research can become out of date as such, it's just is it still relevant to the hypothesis you are trying to prove. As some people might need to look at trends from 200 years ago. The research should be kept as away for research to build a background understand on a area of interesting, which will allow them to see if there has been any major changes
Without older research we would not be able to conduct newer research. A lot of studies and research that is done it based on older research and provides a lot of background to the area that we want to study. How would be get ideas for our studies if we was unable to access previous publications? Also previous studies are vital when comparing how things have changed, think how often we hear statistics about the change in the economy for example over the past years, this would not be possible if older publications were "unpublished". I do, however, agree that this research can become out of date, for example the technology that was used could have been less reliable than what we have available to us now. Another example is the change in social norms and culture that could affect results between now and then. I would suggest that research can become out dated but I would never say that it should be unpublished due to the importance that it holds in research that we conduct today. Composing hypothesis, comparing results and improving on past research would all be impossible without this "out of date" research.
I don't think research can become out of date as such, it's just is it still relevant to the hypothesis you are trying to prove. As some people might need to look at trends from 200 years ago. The research should be kept as away for research to build a background understand on a area of interesting, which will allow them to see if there has been any major changes
ReplyDeleteWithout older research we would not be able to conduct newer research. A lot of studies and research that is done it based on older research and provides a lot of background to the area that we want to study.
ReplyDeleteHow would be get ideas for our studies if we was unable to access previous publications?
Also previous studies are vital when comparing how things have changed, think how often we hear statistics about the change in the economy for example over the past years, this would not be possible if older publications were "unpublished".
I do, however, agree that this research can become out of date, for example the technology that was used could have been less reliable than what we have available to us now. Another example is the change in social norms and culture that could affect results between now and then. I would suggest that research can become out dated but I would never say that it should be unpublished due to the importance that it holds in research that we conduct today.
Composing hypothesis, comparing results and improving on past research would all be impossible without this "out of date" research.