Do you prefer to do research or experiments?

Question: Do you prefer to do research or experiments?
- Keywords:
  experiment,
  preference,
  research
Asked by njade to Ben, Dave, Ed, Sam, Susana on 18 Jun 2013.
- Benjamin Hall answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  They’re interconnected really. I answer my research questions by doing experiments.
- David Briggs answered on 18 Jun 2013:
  
  Same thing really – can’t have research without experiments!
- Sam Horrell answered on 19 Jun 2013:
  
  Hard to have one without the other, but experiments are much more fun than reading scientific papers I find.
- Susana Teixeira answered on 20 Jun 2013:
  
  If by research you mean more theoretical, reading-activities kind of thing, I prefer the experiments. But in reality experiments are research too, all part of being a scientist. Once your experiment is done there is a lot of interpretation of the data and the results, comparing with others, etc.

Question: Do you prefer to do research or experiments?