Question 1:

What are the suitable sources (Eg. Primary, Secondary, etc.) you have found for the purpose
of your research? Why do you consider them suitable? Give proper justification.
Answer:
While doing research, we have to gather information and evidence from a variety of sources.
Primary sources provide raw information and first-hand evidence. Examples include
interview transcripts, statistical data, and works of art. A primary source gives you direct
access to the subject of your research. If you don’t use any primary sources, your research
may be considered unoriginal or unreliable.
What do you use primary sources for?
Primary sources are the foundation of original research. They allow you to:

 Make new discoveries

 Provide credible evidence for your arguments
 Give authoritative information about your topic

Secondary sources provide second-hand information and commentary from other

researchers. Examples include journal articles, reviews, and academic books. A secondary
source describes, interprets, or synthesizes primary sources.
What do you use secondary sources for?
Secondary sources are good for gaining a full overview of your topic and understanding how
other researchers have approached it. They often synthesize a large number of primary
sources that would be difficult and time-consuming to gather by ourself. When you conduct
a literature review, you can consult secondary sources to gain a thorough overview of your
topic. If you want to mention a paper or study that you find cited in a secondary source, seek
out the original source and cite it directly. They allow us to:

 Gain background information on the topic

 Support or contrast your arguments with other researcher’s ideas
 Gather information from primary sources that you can’t access directly (e.g. private
letters or physical documents located elsewhere)
Remember that all primary and secondary sources must be cited to avoid plagiarism. Primary
sources are more credible as evidence, but good research uses both primary and secondary
sources.
How to tell if a source is primary or secondary:
To determine if something can be used as a primary or secondary source in your research,
there are some simple questions we can ask ourself:
  Does this source come from someone directly involved in the events I’m studying
(primary) or from another researcher (secondary)?
 Am I interested in analyzing the source itself (primary) or only using it for
background information (secondary)?
 Does the source provide original information (primary) or does it comment upon
information from other sources (secondary)?

The following are the suitable sources which I have found for the purpose of my
research:
 Journal articles:
Reports of original research form the “primary literature”, the “core” of scientific
publications. These are the articles written to present findings on new scientific
discoveries or describe earlier work to acknowledge it and place new findings in the
proper perspective.
 Internet Web sites:
Compared to traditional research methods, using the Internet to conduct research
offers a number of advantages to the researcher, which include increased access to
sensitive issues and vulnerable / hidden populations; decreased data entry time
requirements; and enhanced data accuracy.
 Books, chapters in books: that synthesize information on a topic
An academic book chapter is a section or division of a book focused on a research
theme. It is an expert compilation that provides a balanced view and a perspective on
research that is usually scattered in journals and other publications.
 Encyclopaedias: 
Encyclopaedias gather information from other sources and summarize that
information. What they give you: An overview of a topic, and citations to other
sources. Note: Encyclopaedias are a great place to start your research, but all they do
is summarize information from other sources.
 Reviews: that evaluate or interpret something
these are critical and comprehensive reviews that provide new insights or
interpretation of a subject through thorough and systematic evaluation of available
evidence. Note, that a review paper is more than a literature overview. It must contain
an in-depth critical review of the literature. Therefore, such a review paper is expected
to have at least one experienced senior researcher among the authors.

Question 2:
Analyze your academic writing skills and identify the features you feel confident about and
the features you wish to improve.
Answer:
Question 3:
What techniques and strategies do you follow to acknowledge sources in order to avoid
plagiarism?
Answer:
While it is perfectly fine to survey previously published work but it is not alright to
paraphrase the same with extensive similarity. Most of the plagiarism occurs in the literature
review section of any document. Therefore, I prefer reading the original work carefully, try to
understand the context, take good notes, and then express it in our own language (without
forgetting to cite the original source), then we will never be accused with plagiarism.
Here are some guidelines I follow to avoid plagiarism.
1. Paraphrase the content
Do not copy–paste the text from the reference paper. Instead, restate the idea in my own
words.
Understand the idea(s) of the reference source well in order to paraphrase correctly.
2. Use Quotations
Using quotes to indicate that the text has been taken from another paper. The quotes should
be exactly the way they appear in the paper we have taken them from.
3. Cite the Sources – Identify what does and does not need to be cited
The best way to avoid the misconduct of plagiarism is by self-checking our documents
using plagiarism checker tools.
Any words or ideas that are not our own but taken from another paper need to be cited.
Cite Your Own Material—If you are using content from our previous paper, we must cite
ourself. Using material, we have published before without citation is called self-plagiarism.
The scientific evidence we gathered after performing the tests should not be cited.
4. Maintain records of the sources we refer to
Maintain records of the sources we refer to. Use citation software like Reference Manager to
manage the citations used for the paper
Use multiple references for the background information/literature survey. For example, rather
than referencing a review, the individual papers should be referred to and cited.
5. Use plagiarism checkers
Using plagiarism detection tools to see how much of your paper is plagiarised.