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)

-Easy to access. -Open at certain times
-Computer only.
Access. -Boring for many people.
-Extremely -Must stay quiet.
Helpful. -Crowding.
-Great place to -You must physically travel
not get there.
distracted. -You might not find what
LRC -Loads of you are looking for
Information/Larg
e amount of
learning material.
-Different Topics.
-Well Organised.
-Librarians are
extremely helpful
with information.
-Books are very -Can be outdated
trustworthy. overtime.
-Full of -Can be damaged/ruined.
Information. -If you are borrowing a
-Portable (Can library book you must
bring them return it.
around -May have to purchase it
everywhere) (Price Barrier).
-Don’t require -Hard to retain focus on it.
charging/power. -Physical Barriers (May be
-Doesn’t require heard to find a specific
WIFI/Internet. book).
-Can be good for -Books are finite (NOT
your eyes, INFINITE)
compared to Compared to just using the
Books
using a phone. internet.
-Good for
complexity of
language skill.
-Good for
grammar.
 -Very accessible. -Not all Information is
-Lots of different accurate/true.
media for -Bias.
research -Not system ordered.
purposes (text, -Index-Formatted.
images, videos, -Can be hard to find a
audio). specific piece of
-Available 24/7. information with the
-INFINITE (not amount on the web.
technically but -Threat of hacking and
has a ridiculous viruses.
Web amount of
information).
-Easier to get a
wide range of
information.
-No geographic
lock (Can talk to
people from
anywhere).
-Democratisation
of publishing.

-Easily Accessible. -Opinionated.

-Visual Learners. -Can’t be appropriate
-Step by Step. sometimes in a place your
-Replay. in.
-Pause. -Video you want might not
-Video Essays. be available.
-Very clear -Region Locked Videos.
explanation. -Quantity vs Quality of
content.
Youtube -Variation of Quality (Bad
Audio).
-Can be Time consuming.
-Random Adverts
everywhere.
-Monetising can affect
quality.
-Comments. (Can be useful
but also can be exposed to
unpleasant opinions).
-Can be very -Digital Footprint
focused. (Everything you’ve
-Simplify done/seen can be viewed
Information by people, it’s there
(Visual). forever).
-Discussion. -Extremely opinionated
Social -Can talk to (Tends to lead to conflict).
media/foru people at any -Websites/your internet
m time/send people can go down.
stuff at any time. -Radicalisation
-If you put (Encouraging/Manipulatin
something on g someone to develop
social media, it extreme views).
will be there
forever.
 -Can see the -Content can be Region
makings/Behind Blocked.
the scenes of. -You need Software and
-Guaranteed WIFI to view it.
Quality (Funds). -Must pay Monthly/Yearly
-Some content to watch it.
can be portable -Can be more about
(Downloadable). entertainment than
Streaming
-New content can information.
services
be added all the -Financially Driven.
time. -Content may be
dramatized.
-Content can be removed
overtime (Time Based).
-Changes in prevailing
attitudes can get content
removed.
-You always have -Disc can be damaged and
it (Can’t be taken stop working.
from -Requires a DVD Player
you/removed). (The tech).
-You can port the -Easily can be lost.
files from the -You have to pay for them.
disc. -Limited Production.
-Can include -Information can become
DVD/BluRay
extras, behind the outdated.
scenes, voice -Could be pirated and
overs and more. contain viruses.
-Don’t need WIFI.
-Censorship less
strict.
-You can always
access it.
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

-Get a wider sense of what people think. -People may troll/put fake answers.
-Able to gain feedback. -People can give a useless answer.
-Can be Quanative and Qualative. -People may not even bother to do it.
Conducting
-Can be targeted and certain demographics. -Can be very time consuming to set up.
survey
-The scale of feedback can be a lot fairly quickly.
-Primary Source.
-Can reach people all around the world at any time.
-You get their opinion/thoughts on a topic. -May not be confident to talk to people.
-Unexpected responses. -Time consuming.
-Non-Verbal communication. -People may not be available/turn up.
Interviewing
-You can ask open-ended questions. -People might not be honest about their answers
people
(Seek to deceive/not share real answer).
-People might not understand the question.
-Radicalisation.
-Get a lot of opinions. -Some people don’t say anything/give their
-Can use focus groups. opinion.
Group -Can be fertile ground for other responses -Can cause conflict.
discussions (Discussion can flow in different directions). -People can over-contribute (talk too much,
-Can be diverse (Ethnicity, Gender, etc). monopolise).
-Other people can answer for you.
-Can get you more immersed into what you’re -Haven’t got anyone to help you with the
researching (Can open more questions into what research (you must do it yourself).
you’re researching). -Limited resources and scope.
Primary -Can be trustworthy because it was conducted by -Potentially could just be bad at doing research.
research yourself. -May be socially awkward.
-You have full control (Can be very specific/focused). -Surfing the web can make it very easy to get
distracted and drift.
-Can be quite boring.
-Faster to get. -May be difficult to find research for a specific
-Easier to obtain. thing.
Secondary -Cost Effectiveness. -It’s Conducted by someone else so you may not
Research -Gives the researcher some initial thoughts before trust it.
embarking on a longer study. -Could be outdated.
-Lack of relevance + accuracy.
-Produce in-depth analysis. -Very hard to analyse.
-issues can be examined in-depth. -A very time-consuming process.
Qualitative
-saves money. -lessens the value of data mining.
Data
-Incorporates the human experience. -crates data that may be difficult to present.
-may require multiple sessions.
-Can be tested and checked. -Can be misleading.
Quantitative -it’s objectivity. Difficult to set up a research model.
Data -more valuable. -get a less detailed picture.
-fast and focused. -not in-depth.

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 I could use Microsoft Forms to ask my peers.
to ask
Asking the What do I want to know? What type of questions do I ask
right I could ask what they think about certain animations e.g., which animation is better, etc.
questions
Interpreting How will I show what trends I’ve learnt from this?
the answers I could show what trends I’ve learned from this by incorporating them into my work.
usefully