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The Research Methods Of Internet Articles

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There were four research methods that were used in this research question. The use of internet articles, email interview, library books and visits to the museum. Out of all those research methods, the most effective was the internet articles and the visits to the SA museum. In this evaluation the four research methods will be discussed in details along with their pros and cons.

Internet articles were one of the main research methods, and it was chosen because using search engines such as google offers a large range of information in seconds. However, even when most information was fairly accurate, there are still mistakes. It would be up to the researcher to identify if the source was credible. This can be done by doing a SCAB analysis on …show more content…

Midnight zone is another term for bathypelagic zone. Same things go for every sub question searched within the project, for information diversity.

The second challenge of using this method is to chose the useful and trustworthy sources out of the few articles that can be found. Some of the articles were written by organisations, some by professors and some are more like personal blogs. This was not hard to overcome, as stated previously that scab analysis can be done roughly for each source. It would take too much time to do one for every source, but generally a trustworthy source can be identified if they have a credible author and the correct information. To be able to recognise if the information within was correct, multiple websites on the same topic were opened and compared. This will make sure the source is as reliable as it can be.

Overall internet was extremely helpful in researching. The deep ocean was only explored so much; there were limited information on what can be found. Internet was a place where the majority of them gathered. This method of research contributed to most of the references in the final outcome.

The second research method was the email interview with a marine biology professor. The research question is in the area of marine biology, and a marine biology professor would be best suited for an interview on this question. This method was chosen because it is a great primary source. Primary sources are needed in research project to make

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