When defining the results and benefits of the project, one should remember that empirical work may affect other people besides himself, e.g. the people that were studied and even outsiders. The interesting group is clearly demarcated, and all its members will be studied The target group is so large that all its members cannot be studied. The researcher reports the findings, but will not himself use them. The project includes practical application of the findings. The principal finding is a description or an explanation of the object of study, i.e. its theory .
Primary target is to forecast the future of the object of study.
The project shall develop the activity that was studied. The goal is to develop a new product. The tables above can help you in tailoring a unique method of investigation for your particular problem. As can be seen by studying the tables, the problems in the study of artefacts often necessitate combining models and methods, some of which are typical to humanistic research and others to natural sciences. It may require much original thinking, since such combinations are quite rare in the current practice of research, see the discussion on the Two Cultures of Research .