RESEARCH ABILITY.

The article describes a study on the research ability of scientists. The author proposes that, among other intellectual powers such as intelligence, creativity and academic aptitude, there is also a discrete trait known as research ability. The investigation discussed in this report was predicated on two assumptions: that while the nature of such research ability can hardly be studied with precision or in quantitative terms, it can be investigated qualitatively; and that such research ability would be best understood by those researchers who also spend much of their time and effort in selecting and in training other researchers including university professors.