Research methods and techniques

0There's a lot of different methods and techniques to doing some research.

Methods: Primary, secondary, qualitative, opinions, attitudes, behaviour patterns, quantitative, memories and there's a lot more.

Primary: You go and do some research yourself like questionnaires etc.

Pros: A lot of sources to choose from/ research from.

Cons: Not all sources are reliable.

Secondary: You find something out using the Internet or a book or searching archives, etc.

Pros: A lot of sources to choose from.

Cons: Not all sources are reliable.

Qualitative: Qualitative research is all about exploring issues, understanding phenomena and answering questions.

Pros: Gives good information,could be reliable.

Cons: Not very much sources to choose from.

Opinions: It's all about thoughts.

Pros: A lot of sources to choose from.

Cons: Not very reliable.

Etc.

Techniques: Using libraries, using the Internet, reading, searching archives, interviews, observations, questionnaires, surveys, focus group, Google, Yahoo. 

Libraries:  Have a lot of books which anyone can read.

Pros: Libraries have a lot of books to research from and very easy to access.

Cons: Library could be far away.
Easy to find the book and information that a person needs.

Internet: Have a lot of sources.

Pros: Easy to access, have a lot of websites to get information from. 

Cons: Some websites could be biased, gives more than needed.

Searching archives:
Pros: Have precise information.
Cons: Could be hard to access.

Interviews:
Pros: There is a lot of people to interview.

Cons: Takes a lot of time.
Etc.