Wednesday, 22 March 2017

LO3: Secondary Research Techniques

Crowd Sourcing - Information callout

Web Sources - Academic work VS popular opinions

Observation - Focus, recording and evidencing


Reliability - Is the info trustwoth? E.g. use of field experts, first hand eye-witnesses, authority - official v. subordinate, use of primary and secondary definers

Relevance - How suited is the info to the topic?

Accuracy - Cross referencing info to make sure it's accurate

Validity - Is the point of view valid or unimportant?

Accessibility - As a researcher, is the info easy to access? Relates to relevance

Quality - Has to be info-rich or no point. Relates to Validity

Cost Effective - Is the info worth the effort/money/time recquired to get it?

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