We can also refrain entirely from experimentation and conduct survey
research [Scherr et al., 1990], as in ecological sampling of tree species in a
forest [Franz, 1990], a sociological questionnaire to determine community
structure, or an ethnographic survey to explore and document local botanical
science (both popular and specialized) [Rocheleau et al., 1989]. In short,
research not only extends beyond the research station, it encompasses
substantially more than can be held within the confines of controlled experimental
plots on any property.