Fact Versus Fiction. Researching Ethnic Groups in Australia

Abstract

While there is a general perception regarding research of a purely scientific nature (as in the fields of medicine, chemistry, nuclear physics, etc.), in that it is understood to involve the collection of data through experimentation, observation and other strictly controlled means, the demands of other types of scholarly research are not so widely comprehended. To the uninitiated, scholarly research may look simple in theory, but in practice it is a demanding and complex enterprise which is not undertaken lightly, and incorporates a multitude of concerns and difficulties.