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This Glossary lists terms and words that are relevant to this Wiki. For each entry, you will find a list of Wiki articles that contain this term. The Glossary is work in progress and continuously amended.

Bias || The action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgement. || 1, 2

Term	Explanation	Mentions
Accountability	Being responsible for one’s actions, performance, behaviours, decisions and more, both on an individual and an institutional level, including the responsibility for negative outcomes and consequences.
Adaptation	Adaptation is both an adjustment to actual or expected change and the adjustments required to achieve change, and is most prominently used on climate change research, yet can be valuable way beyond that. The adjustments aim to moderate, mitigate or altogether avoid harm and to exploit beneficial opportunities and may require on-going flexibility where there is continuous change.
Advocacy	Activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions in a particular way.
Agency	The capacity of an individual to act intentionally with the assumption of a causal outcome based on this action.	1
Concept	Abstract mental representation of our world.	1
Data	Quantitative or qualitative units of information that can be used for analysis.	1, 2
Deductive reasoning	Deductive reasoning builds on statements or theories that are confirmed by observation or can be confirmed by logic.	1
Emergence	The incurrence of a characteristic or behaviour of two or more entities that could not be anticipated based on the individual parts.	1
Framework	A real or conceptual basic structure that supports or guides practical applications.	1
Hypothesis	A preconceived idea about the world that guides the research process and is to be falsified by it.	1
Inductive reasoning	Inductive reasoning draws conclusions based on data or observations.	1
Paradigm	A universally recognized scientific achievement that provides theoretical and practical foundations for a specific scientific community.	1
Qualitative research	Qualitative research focuses on the human dimensions of the observable or conceptual reality, often linking observational data or interpretation of existing data directly to theory or concepts.	1
Quantitative research	Quantitative research focuses on the statistical and mathematical analysis of data, as well as the general analysis and often interpretation of data that consists of numbers.	1
Researcher	Someone who works actively in research.
Scientist	Someone who has gone through a scientific education.
Scientific Method	Scientific methods create knowledge in accordance with certain principles and rigour.	1, 2
System	Any number of individuals or elements that interact.	1, 2, 3
Theory	A systematic ideational structure of broad scope, conceived by the human imagination, that encompasses a family of empirical (experiential) laws regarding regularities existing in objects and events, both observed and posited.	1
Transdisciplinarity	Transdisciplinarity is a mode of research that is based around the understanding that certain types of problems cannot be defined from a single discipline's perspective. Instead, Transdisciplinarity aims to already integrate different types of knowledge, both academic and non-academic, in the problem definition phase. These jointly defined problems are then addressed by integrating knowledge, often with the goal to develop solution strategies to these problems.	1

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-| Qualitative research || Qualitative research focuses on the human dimensions of the observable or conceptual reality, often linking observational data or interpretation of existing data directly to theory or concepts. || [[:Category:Qualitative|1]]
+| Accountability || Being responsible for one’s actions, performance, behaviours, decisions and more, both on an individual and an institutional level, including the responsibility for negative outcomes and consequences. ||
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+| Adaptation || Adaptation is both an adjustment to actual or expected change and the adjustments required to achieve change, and is most prominently used on climate change research, yet can be valuable way beyond that. The adjustments aim to moderate, mitigate or altogether avoid harm and to exploit beneficial opportunities and may require on-going flexibility where there is continuous change. ||
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+| Advocacy || Activity by an individual or group that aims to influence decisions in a particular way. ||
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-| Quantitative research || Quantitative research focuses on the statistical and mathematical analysis of data, as well as the general analysis and often interpretation of data that consists of numbers. || [[:Category:Quantitative|1]]
+| Agency || The capacity of an individual to act intentionally with the assumption of a causal outcome based on this action. || [[Agency, Complexity and Emergence|1]]
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-| Inductive reasoning || Inductive reasoning draws conclusions based on data or observations. || [[:Category:Inductive|1]]
+ Bias || The action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgement. || [[Bias and Critical Thinking|1]], [[Bias in statistics|2]]
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-| Deductive reasoning || Deductive reasoning builds on statements or theories that are confirmed by observation or can be confirmed by logic. || [[:Category:Deductive|1]]
+| Concept || Abstract mental representation of our world. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
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-| Bias || The action of supporting or opposing a particular person or thing in an unfair way, because of allowing personal opinions to influence your judgement. || [[Bias and Critical Thinking|1]], [[Bias in statistics|2]]
+| Data || Quantitative or qualitative units of information that can be used for analysis. || [[Data formats|1]], [[Design Criteria of Methods|2]]
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-| Agency || The capacity of an individual to act intentionally with the assumption of a causal outcome based on this action. || [[Agency, Complexity and Emergence|1]]
+| Deductive reasoning || Deductive reasoning builds on statements or theories that are confirmed by observation or can be confirmed by logic. || [[:Category:Deductive|1]]
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 | Emergence || The incurrence of a characteristic or behaviour of two or more entities that could not be anticipated based on the individual parts. || [[Agency, Complexity and Emergence|1]]
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-| System || Any number of individuals or elements that interact. || [[Agency, Complexity and Emergence|1]], [[System Thinking & Causal Loop Diagrams|2]], [[System Boundaries|3]]
+| Framework || A real or conceptual basic structure that supports or guides practical applications. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
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+| Hypothesis || A preconceived idea about the world that guides the research process and is to be falsified by it. || [[Experiments and Hypothesis Testing|1]]
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-| Scientific Method || Scientific methods create knowledge in accordance with certain principles and rigour. || [[Design_Criteria_of_Methods|1]], [[Methods|2]]
+| Inductive reasoning || Inductive reasoning draws conclusions based on data or observations. || [[:Category:Inductive|1]]
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-| Concept || Abstract mental representation of our world. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
+| Paradigm || A universally recognized scientific achievement that provides theoretical and practical foundations for a specific scientific community. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
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-| Framework || A real or conceptual basic structure that supports or guides practical applications. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
+| Qualitative research || Qualitative research focuses on the human dimensions of the observable or conceptual reality, often linking observational data or interpretation of existing data directly to theory or concepts. || [[:Category:Qualitative|1]]
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-| Paradigm || A universally recognized scientific achievement that provides theoretical and practical foundations for a specific scientific community. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
+| Quantitative research || Quantitative research focuses on the statistical and mathematical analysis of data, as well as the general analysis and often interpretation of data that consists of numbers. || [[:Category:Quantitative|1]]
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-| Theory || A systematic ideational structure of broad scope, conceived by the human imagination, that encompasses a family of empirical (experiential) laws regarding regularities existing in objects and events, both observed and posited. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
+| Researcher || Someone who works actively in research. ||
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-| Data || Quantitative or qualitative units of information that can be used for analysis. || [[Data formats|1]], [[Design Criteria of Methods|2]]
+| Scientist || Someone who has gone through a scientific education. ||
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-| Hypothesis || A preconceived idea about the world that guides the research process and is to be falsified by it. || [[Experiments and Hypothesis Testing|1]]
+| Scientific Method || Scientific methods create knowledge in accordance with certain principles and rigour. || [[Design_Criteria_of_Methods|1]], [[Methods|2]]
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-| Transdisciplinarity || Transdisciplinarity is a mode of research that is based around the understanding that certain types of problems cannot be defined from a single discipline's perspective. Instead, Transdisciplinarity aims to already integrate different types of knowledge, both academic and non-academic, in the problem definition phase. These jointly defined problems are then addressed by integrating knowledge, often with the goal to develop solution strategies to these problems.  || [[Transdisciplinarity|1]]
+| System || Any number of individuals or elements that interact. || [[Agency, Complexity and Emergence|1]], [[System Thinking & Causal Loop Diagrams|2]], [[System Boundaries|3]]
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-| Scientist || Someone who has gone through a scientific education. ||
+| Theory || A systematic ideational structure of broad scope, conceived by the human imagination, that encompasses a family of empirical (experiential) laws regarding regularities existing in objects and events, both observed and posited. || [[Levels of Theory|1]]
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-| Researcher || Someone who works actively in research. ||
+| Transdisciplinarity || Transdisciplinarity is a mode of research that is based around the understanding that certain types of problems cannot be defined from a single discipline's perspective. Instead, Transdisciplinarity aims to already integrate different types of knowledge, both academic and non-academic, in the problem definition phase. These jointly defined problems are then addressed by integrating knowledge, often with the goal to develop solution strategies to these problems.  || [[Transdisciplinarity|1]]
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