I have never done original research. Original research could be survey, experiment or comparing statistical data. Library research can be used for preliminary research or background information before conducting the original research.
The disadvantage of library research is that information might be biased but the advantage is that previous original research has been done that might help you as start up
Analysis, reflection and interpretation could be the main critical thinking tools that might be used for doing both library research and original research. For library research making an inference would be a challenge while for original research analyzing and getting information would be a great challenge.
Hi Abdi,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your post on the similarities and differences between library and original research.
Is it possible that original research could also be biased? How would the researcher be able to check their biases prior to studying a live population?
I look forward to your response.
Sincerely,
Professor Wexelbaum