INTERPRETATION ANALYSIS AND DECISION SUPPORT IN RESEARCH INFORMATION SYSTEMS

摘要

A system and method for implementation to a software application that processes, identifies, selects, analyzes, interprets, and presents research information is disclosed herein. More particularly, the system utilizes contextualized data, partially contextualized data and/or metadata to refine and process information. Further in the system, data is manipulated using tools and queries to extract particular data sets. Additionally, methods are provided to report, visualize, analyze and retain data. In a preferred embodiment, the present invention is realized through Information, Interrogation, and Interpretation phases.