What is the WHOLE PURPOSE of a RESEARCH paper?

We do a lot of research papers in school. Is the whole point just to learn about a SPECIFIC topic in DETAIL to relate "book" world studies to "real world" dimensions?

What is the WHOLE PURPOSE of a RESEARCH paper?
It's to learn how to find your own answers. In life, most of what you need to know will hardly require the writing of a paper. But you will need to know how to learn about all kinds of topics on your own. When you come home from the doctor's office and he says your child has impetigo, and you're not sure of what the medicine is supposed to do or how to tell if your kid is having an allergic reaction, you will need to know how to find answers...on Sunday night when there's no one in the doctor's office to ask. Research is to teach you to become your own teacher.
Reply:There are lots of answers:


1. Because you've been goofing off in class.


2. To learn research skills, how to use encyclopedias and whatever.


3. To understand a certain topic and how it relates to others.





That's just three, I didn't want to tire you out. ^_^.





Hope this helps!
Reply:teach you how to research, cite sources, organise and present ideas. you will do research papers in most jobs you will get in life-only they go by names such as investment reports, new and editorial articles, annotated bibliographies, etc. you also will do research on your own for hobbies, writing and even choosing a lawmaker or president.
Reply:Its practice for the college and the real world. In college you have a good chance of doing real research that will be discovering new facts. In a lot of jobs you will be called on to get information together so accurate decisions can be made. Its actually pretty interesting, especially statistical theory. You can narrow down cause and effect and make pretty accurate predictions based on statistics. Learn it, you will find it very handy.
Reply:The whole purpose of a research paper is to gather together all the available information on any given topic, arrange it, adjudicate it, and end up with a definitive statement about the topic. It's an important skill to have, especially as there is such a flood of information today, in all forms of media, about every subject under the sun. Knowing how to do a research paper gives you the tools to evaluate the information you are being given and to decide whether it is valid or not.
Reply:You learn. Thats it.
Reply:When I was in school it seemed like the teacher(s) whom were doing them wanted to know where we were at as far as how we could put things into owr own words and how we seen things we read in books/history and how we opened up to the different ideas and subjects to get us moving and reseach for our own story. It helps us learn and grow.