Exploring Research worksheet

You are required to complete the tasks on this sheet and place the content in your website section called
RESEARCH. You will be looking at three sections, these should be clear on the page. They are in RED on this
document.

Task 1/3: Tools

You are required to think about each of the following tools for research and talk about advantages, disadvantages and show
an example. A table has been included to help with this, or you can create headings on the Weebly page for each one.
Write detailed answers for each box and add an image for each example (this could be a photo, logo, etc).

Tool Advantage Disadvantage Example (with photo/url evidence)

Quiet, multiple books with
information and knowledge.
You can use the computers to
LRC
search the web. You can take
dvds home to watch. It's free.
You can meet up with friends.
Limited information, closing
times, may forget to return
books, all the computers could
be in use so you can’t use them.
You have to travel to go there.
You have to share.

Can get boring and can’t

Can be interesting and can update. They can break easily
develop your vocabulary. You I.g water, spillages. Missing
can carry it anyway and can pages, have to buy them.
Books take it anyway without needing Translation. Vandalise them The Illusion Of Life (12 Principles)
to worry about a battery life.
Contents page and glossary to
look up information about the
book.
Dodgy links fake news. Need khttp://google.com/
Always information on electricity to use. Scams,
everything you need, you can hackers, adverts, distracting.
Web learn lots from the internet and
it’s always being updated so
you can learn the latest stuff.
Anyone can publish.
Ads, false information, bad Youtube
Easily find the video(s) you’re audio, bad quality, too short or
looking for. Always videos on too long videos which wastes
everything. Entertainment for time.
Youtube your benefit. Reviews on items
you have interest in buying.
Timestamps, change quality
1080p, 1440p, 4k. videos to
watch and learn. Earn money
from Youtube
Freelancers and ability to talk Not everything is your friend on reddit
to other people who share the social media people have
Social same interest. Can find critical opinions. Won’t find
media/forum information from people on everything you need on social
Instagram or from discord, media.
reddit, twitter.
Has loads of series, movies, You have to pay, need internet Disneyplus
documentaries so you can’t run to watch or download. Quality
Streaming out of things to watch, the will not always be amazing. Geo
services budget allows the production locked.
to be high quality so it has good
reviews and allows spinoffs
You own the movie therefore They can break then you can’t Blu-ray
you can watch whenever you watch it. They don’t last
DVD/BluRay like. It can’t be changed. Watch forever. Low quality sometimes.
in different locations so they’re Not very searchable.
portable. Deleted scenes,
 bonus scenes. Made by
professionals. Cheap to buy.

Task 2/3: Methods

This time think about each of the methods in the table below and consider what the benefits and drawbacks of them are.

Method Advantage Disadvantage

You answer questions that give people an idea about
Conducting
you, especially if you’re applying for a job. Show
survey
people a bit about your demographic.
1 on 1 so people get to know what you’re about and
Interviewing what you offer to the company and how you should
people benefit them. People can get an idea of your
demographic. Can go into detail about an idea.
Share discussions and ideas. Everyone improves
Group
their answers by learning from others.
discussions
Doing it yourself precise data quality over quantity
Primary more detailed over more writing. More fun and
research engaging than leaching off someone else.
Finding research off the internet. Taking bits from
Secondary the internet and mixing it with your research. Not a
Research lot of time needs to be spent on doing the work.
Multiple sources.
Detailed so people get more and more important
Qualitative
research than reading more that doesn’t give you
Data
the information.
More information so gives you more research than
Quantitative
Qualitative research.
Data
Abuse, bias towards other people. Not everyone
answers them. Some people might not be happy
giving their opinions.
Anxiety, stress being scared of not getting the
job, having to answer questions you might not
want to talk about.
Bad ideas that don’t benefit you. Potential
arguments. Some opinions might not be relevant
to the discussion. People get triggered.
Might not be efficient and have bad quality.
Waffle a lot so people will not understand. Takes
up a lot of time and might not get the best out of
that time.
Copying work from someone is seen as bad on
you and has consequences to your grade. Could
be taking fake news and will not benefit you. Info
could be out of date.
Less information so might not get enough
information from the source.
More information but not that detailed so you
can’t get a lot of important points. Could waste
your time if it’s a lot of bad information.

Task 3/3: Skills

Finally, think about what skills you should be working on when conducting research. You can consider the animation you’ll
be making when answering these questions if it helps.

Skill How I will do this

Finding the How can I contact them? What restrictions/categories might I think about? DEMOGRAPHICS
right audience
to ask
Asking the What do I want to know? What type of questions do I ask
right
questions
Interpreting How will I show what trends I’ve learnt from this?
the answers
usefully