2006-10-22 06:34:36 · 3 answers · asked by bb 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Higher Education (University +)
A group of people from different disciplines (types of jobs) does the research project together. Like having a social worker, police expert, doctor and engineer do a project on prisons.
2006-10-22 06:37:29 · answer #1 · answered by Catspaw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
People from many disciplines--or areas of expertise--work together in conducting research. You could have a multidisciplinary team of medical researchers, psychologists, and sociologists review people's adherence to a medical treatment plan for example. The medical researchers will conduct the exams and follow-ups; the psychologists will measure attitudes, personality traits, mood; and the sociologists will factor in socio-economic factors, race/ethnicity: taken together, you can determine which factors contribute to and which inhibit adherence to a particular treatment using the various skills each expert brings to the research project.
2006-10-22 06:45:14 · answer #2 · answered by j14456um 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Multidiscipliany means more than one field. So a particlar question or problem may have many facets (e.g. psychological, sociological, economic and even philosophical). So a team considering such an issue might be made up from experts in all these areas.
2006-10-22 06:48:52 · answer #3 · answered by Ace Librarian 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋