I chose to read Research Starts With Answers by Alisson C. Witte. Research is the process of finding answers to your questions. “Researching isn’t meant to be a narrow task of looking up information, but of creating and discovering new information in response to problems” (Witte 228). People use research to find information about questions that they have. Researchers use different methods because we all think differently, and some methods may suit one person more adequately than it might suit another person. I haven’t used many research methods outside of traditional reading, but I remember that I did need to conduct some surveys for a project during high school. I was initially confused by the notion of creating more questions in my research as that seems rather counterintuitive, but then I figured that the more questions I ask about my topic, the more in depth my research will be.
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I really liked your answers to the blog questions and answered them in a similar way. My time with research has been relatively brief to and I too have done a survey as well. I actually really liked doing a survey because I liked working with the statistics afterwards. The program that I used generated stats for me making the data really easy to analyze.
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I agree with your perspective on research and your interpretation of the Witte article. I was also somewhat confused about the distinction she made between questions and answers, but your reasoning that questions deepen research makes sense. Also, I think when she talks about asking questions in your research, I think she means you need to allow your research to get you to the answer, rather than starting with what you already think is the answer and looking for evidence that goes with that answer.
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