I have never done original research before in any classes or anything but, from what I have leaned in this class is that it is harder to do. For original research you have to be very into it and know a lot about what your topic is about. It is different from library research because library research is more right at it you can find information very easy. Library research is not very time consuming and easy to do where as original research can take awhile needs you to be more into it. Critical thinking is important in anything you do for both of these research ways but, I would say library research it would be used a bit more. In library research you don't always know if the information you are reading is correct or incorrect. Sometimes you have to go out of your way to see if it is valid to use which makes it a little harder to do and time consuming at times. Critical thinking in original research you need more skills of setting to something picking a specific topic and researching on just that. By using specific and keywords to search for to get you only information on your specific topic.
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
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Hi Olivia,
Thank you for your post on the differences between original and library research.
I would think that you would need to use critical thinking skills even more if you are doing original research. Here is why:
1. In original research, you are actually studying a REAL population, as opposed to what other people have said about the population, to answer your research question. You have to figure out how to locate that population, and how to ask them questions OR measure their behaviors that would give you the information that would answer your research question.
2. If you are studying real people, you have to figure out how to study them without letting personal biases get in the way.
3. You have to develop the design of the research study, and methodology.
4. Once you have the data from the study, you have to analyze the results, and find out if your research question was answered--or if you find out something new.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum
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