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)

. Limited
. Easy to focus information
(quiet) . They have a
closing time
. A lot of content
. Not easy to get
. you can take to
LRC
the books home . you can't always
. access to research on your
computers own.
. they have
multiple ways to
get info
. librarians to help
. can be damaged
. can be very . Limited content
interesting . can't update a
. don’t hurt your book
eyes like a screen. . you have to look
. a range of for the
content information you
Books The Illusion Of Life (12 Principles)
. don’t need any want yourself
sort of connection . missing pages
. portable . you have to buy
it
. translation
problems
. vandalise
. quantity of . false information
information . unverified
. speed of access information
. information can . you need wifi
be updated access
. doesn't need a . servers can crash
filter . scams
. variety of . adverts
research sources . false links
. global . cost of hardware
Web information . repetitive
. anyone can answers Wikipedia
publish . distracted easily
information
. can get
information at
anytime
. you can ask for
help

Youtube . ads
. reviews . small creators
 . visual learners are hard to find
Subtitles available . limited
. suggested videos information
. time stamps . monopoly
. its free on the . time wasting
web Youtube
. comment section
. options to
monetize
. freelancers . you have to type
. communities a lot
. you can ask . toxic individuals
questions . false information
. specific interests . false links Twitter
. post and get . unsafe
Social feedback
media/forum . it's there forever

. in-depth . limited
documentaries information
. Subtitles . very expensive
available . not too many
Streaming Netflix
.can be very options apart from
services
interesting and Netflix
captivating
. portable to a
degree
. good for visual . can break easily
learners . limited
. no ads like information
YouTube . you need
. Can watch it something to play
anytime it on
. can be replayed . You have to pay
at anytime for them
. portable to a . don’t last forever
DVD/BluRay
degree . outdated/ lower
. bonus content quality
and extras . redundant
. limited edition technology
bonuses . not very
searchable
. information can
be outdated
. takes up space

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

Useful information, can help with research, ease of Not everyone does it, abuse, bias, don’t want to
Conducting
accessibility, can complete it at any time, can be give their true opinion, rush through things and
survey
specific. don’t give enough information.
Some people feel more comfortable 1 to 1, Some people have anxiety and will struggle
Interviewing questions can organically arrive, during the interview, timing is important,
people sometimes the people won't show up at all.
Outliners
Group Good way to get multiple opinions at once, can You might have arguments within the group,
 come to an understanding others opinions, diverse
discussions
opinions, free to share your opinion
You do the research yourself so you know it's
Primary reliable data, You can be very specific in what you're
research looking for, It can be very fun. You might not get
enough responses, You will get false answers
There are several sources, There are multiple ways
Secondary to find the research like in a book or on the internet.
Research
If you are looking for a certain answer then you
Qualitative would want Qualitative data as you want the most
Data precises data you can get.
If you are looking for multiple answers like sending
out a google form to multiple people you can get a
overview of so many peoples answers and find a
trend and even an anomaly in the answers which can
Quantitative be very useful for research
Data
people who are overly sensitive.
It can take a very long time for yourself to gather
all the data, depending on how good you are at it
you might mess up and get false data
There's fake information out their, you might not
find the exact information you need, could be
entirely based on the researchers opinion. It
could be out of date
The problem is that you want get that much data
only the data you are looking for so if you are
looking for multiple pieces of data you want get
that.
If you are looking for specific answers you will
want to stick to qualitative data as you want get
any using quantitative data.

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 You talk to the people in your house, and you can message people through messages or social media
right audience
to ask
Asking the Cartoon scene that made you happy and a scene that’s made you sad
right
questions
Interpreting You can write it in a table format to show the data
the answers
usefully