Blog one post outlining your thoughts about research (aka “inquiry” or “information literacy”). What is research for? Why do people do it? Why do researchers use different methods? What research methods have you used? What about research is confusing for you?
In my opinion research is when you are trying to find or solve a problem by finding information about it from different type of sources, ex. books, essays, previous research, articles, newspapers, etc. People conduct research because they’re looking for answers and information about a given situation. Research is for any person (students, scientists, teachers, professors, doctors, analysts, etc.) that is looking to solve a problem related to a topic they choose or are given. People do research for many different reasons. Depending on who you are and what your specific job is, you’re conducting different types of research for you field of study. Most people do research to gather information that will help that come to a conclusion about something. Researchers can use primary or secondary research. Primary research is, “Research collected directly by the researcher using tools he or she has designed to find the information needed to answer a particular question.” Secondary research is, “The locating of previously published materials.” Primary research provides students to work with others, critically think, and to learn how to organize and interpret data. Secondary research is a key part of this process because it proceeds any and all of the primary research. The research method I’ve used was to search online for all of my information. I’ve been able to find many different sources of literacy documents ranging from books to historical documents. By looking something up quickly online there are many different websites that have tons of information about whatever topic you’re trying to research and most of the times, data is given. There isn’t anything in particular that confuses me about research.
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