Reducing ‘avoidable research waste’ in applied linguistics research: insights from healthcare research

Journal article : Review

Abstract:: This paper explores Chalmers and Glasziou's (2009) notion of 'research waste' from healthcare research to examine what it can offer the field of applied linguistics. Drawing on examples from both disciplines, we unpack Macleod et al.'s (2014) five research waste categories: (1) asking the wrong research questions, (2) failing to situate new research in the context of existing research, (3) inefficient research regulation/management, (4) failing to disseminate findings, and (5) poor research reporting practices. We advance this typology to help applied linguists identify and reduce avoidable research waste and improve the relevance, quality, and impact of their research.

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Language:: English
Keywords:: systematic review

research synthesis

research waste

second language research

research methodology
Subtype:: Review
Pubs id:: 1594926
Local pid:: pubs:1594926
Deposit date:: 2024-05-24

Copyright holder:: Isaacs and Chalmers
Rights statement:: © The Author(s), 2023. Published by Cambridge University Press. This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.

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