Mini Research Project

This mini research project was originally titles with the question, ‘What are the pros and cons of organic food?’. However, after analysing four sources about different aspects of organic food: (1) https://theconversation.com/organic-food-no-better-for-you-study-9300 (2) http://www.abc.net.au/news/health/2018-03-14/organic-fruit-and-vegetables-are-they-worth-the-cost/9539572 (3) http://austorganic.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Consumer_Standards_Final_21.pdf (4) https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/healthyliving/organic-food I came to the conclusion that it would be more effective to refine my research question to be […]

Topics Worth Researching

  Things worth researching: -Schoolwork -Weather -Time differences -Things that interest you -Recipes -Medical advice -Things to do -Current news -Historical Events -Legal advice -General advice   A topic is worth researching if it is – relevant – timely – significant – interesting   E.g. Medical advice Relevant, it affects you Timely, current Significant, affects […]

Why Should We Read Outside Our Comfort Zone?

Article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/why-we-must-read-outside-of-our-comfort-zone_uk_5a84595fe4b084ebf6aa0948 Reading outside your comfort zone helps to develop your argument skills, with disagreement becoming difficult due to the decrease of peoples’ mind span. In the article I connected with the idea that most of what is read these days is online. These forms of media use search algorithms to provide readers with a limited […]

Why Are a Variety of Methods Accepted for Conducting Research?

Categorise these documents type of research: Gender_and_opinions_about_mental_illness.pdf This article uses quantitative and qualitative research, because it includes both statistics and opinions. Alcohol and Marijuana.pdf This article is quantitative, as it uses statistics to reason its points. http://theconversation.com/the-case-for-christ-whats-the-evidence-for-the-resurrection-75530 (Links to an external site.) Conceptual because it is a philosophical idea, which can only be reasoned not concluded. […]