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Students develop a research proposal with the guidance of the professor.
Today in both the public and private sector of education, teachers, administrators and guidance specialists must be not only knowledgeable consumers of educational research but in some modest way producers of or contributors to the research process. The same holds true for law enforcement professionals in terms of applicable social science research methodologies. This means an understanding and knowledge of societal needs, individual needs, and knowledge of procedures and techniques for satisfying those defined needs. This knowledge is derived from difference sources including experience, authority, and philosophical and empirical inquiry. Empirical inquiry is the basis of the research process by which professionals and researchers alike contribute to the knowledge base.