Why research is important - SAGE Publications Inc

fulness or authenticity. To make a claim that a statement is based on research is to imply that it is in some way more valid or accurate than a statement based on personal opinion. However, every culture has its own distinctive criteria or ‘logic of justification’ for accepting a theory or statement as valid. For example, within mainstream psy-

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