People with this Specific Interest typically enjoy designing and conducting studies to identify underlying relationships and establish facts. The work often involves collecting data, working with numbers, summarizing research results, writing reports, and applying findings to solve problems, improve processes, or answer questions. The following areas of study, career fields, occupations, and activities may appeal to people interested in Research.

  • Areas of Study

    • Archival studies
    • Genealogy
    • Marketing
    • Physical and biological sciences
    • Research methods
    • Sociology and anthropology

  • Career Fields

    • Higher education research and teaching
    • Library science
    • Market research
    • Physical and biological sciences
    • Social sciences
    • Technical writing

  • Occupations

  • Activities

    • Analyzing data on the computer
    • Assisting on a research project
    • Reading academic journals
    • Reading about topics of interest on the Web
    • Studying the genealogy of your family
    • Watching science programs on TV