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Evaluating Research Methods

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When conducting research for a particular topic for an essay, it is imperative to select the proper resources to enhance a paper. After reading chapter six in Holdstein’s Who Says? The Writer’s Research, I became aware of my inadequate methods of finding, and subsequently utilizing resources. Tools that’s I have used in the past differed greatly than the methods presented in this chapter, and after carefully absorbing each page, I knew I needed to abandon some techniques and instead use more advanced, academic practices. I now understand the value of initially deciding where my sources will come from and what they will be centered on, as well as using multiple sources from a variety of locations, and differentiating sources based on subject …show more content…

You also need to think about your research topic and your essay’s audience- both of which should inform the kinds of resources that you think will best support your argument” (Holdstein 69). Previously, when conducting research, I had never asked myself questions regarding the most optimal sources that would heavily influence my essay and my audience simultaneously. Rather, I had just gathered information on the basis of a few search terms and insufficient points of interest. I now recognize the importance of taking various factors into account: the different kinds of resources required, the number of resources needed, and both peer reviewed and edited …show more content…

“Different disciplines expect different kinds of sources and even expect certain types of conventions in writing that may differ from others’ expectations…As researchers make sense of the sources they have, categorize yours according to the conventions of your subject as primary or secondary sources” (Holdstein 87). Not only was this method of gathering sources entirely different from the methods I was familiar with, I never considered the demands of each discipline; that is, the way in which each type of resource varied by subject. Prior to discovering this method, the way in which I went about searching for and utilizing sources did not vary by discipline. I understand now by generalizing my sources by subject, I probably have created similar and monotonous papers, rather than essays that have exceeded the criteria and prompt for each

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By consulting theses sources, it would be beneficial because the library or online library can help limited ideas to the topic/book and give a short brief summary about it before clicking on it. The library has many information about almost every book so it will be a useful source. The reason why it would be convenient to look online for people’s essay is because it would be helpful to see what they think about the topic and compare but not using their idea or thought process into this research essay, but figured out why they thought of that particular idea and used the process of scheme from there on. By exploring the internet, it would help by discovering more certain answers to be revealed. In order for that to occur, people have to dig deeper to retrieve the data first.

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They cover a wide range of subject and topic, which help the subsidiary claim to encounter the opponent’s ideas effectively; one piece of evidence is also not based on the trustable sources. Malik takes the example of “French speakers view the world differently from English speakers” (Malik, 8) and demonstrates it within two sentences. There is no proof used in this argument. Indeed, it makes the whole essay become more unreliable, and turns the author into a bias writer. On the other hand, the author does a really “good job” on picking the solid opponent’s perspectives.

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