I have never done any original research, I haven't needed to before. But I do know that original research is very different thatn library research. Original research is doing the research for yourself, asking questions of others, gathering data and putting it together, and having it be original, not a repeated procedure that has been done many times before. Library research guides original research by helping people not repeat studies that have already been done, and it can give people a sense of direction in where they should go to do their research.
The pros of doing library research compared to original research is timing. It can be very time consuming to do original research in order to get accurate results. It can also be uncomfortable to do original research, having to ask strangers questions and get into their personal lives possibly. The cons of library research is you may not be able to find specifically what you are looking for if your research subject is very detailed.
For original research, there are many critical skills that need to be used. Such as interpretation, self regulation, anaylsis, and evaluation. The most important to me is analysis. Since you are gathering the information, the way it's displayed will determine how it's percieved by others.
For library research, the most important critical skill is evaluation. Since most of it is in text, the way you may read it can come across differently for people.
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Blog 19 Checking In
I can remember my biggest problem with this semester long research project was finding the motivation to just sit down and do it. I would do little bits and parts slowly, but I never did a large chunk each time, not until the very end and that was because of the deadline. My biggest problem with any research is that I procrastinate and wait until the last minute to get things done.
Blog 18 Statistics
I enjoyed looking up information for this blog the most, simply because I never realized how common Down Syndrome is. I first looked at a government document that dealt with Down Syndrome,
CDC, (2211). Down syndrome cases at birth increase. Retrieved from CDC website: http://www.cdc.gov/Features/dsDownSyndrome/
At the bottom, it states they recieved their information from Pediatrics in 2009. I believe they have this listed because it makes them look like they have more credit, and that they are more reliable.
It was the same for the scholarly journal, but instead of being a footnote as it was in the government document, in the scholarly journal, they mentioned how they were able to use the records and how they were not breaking any laws by having that information released.
Baird, P. (1987). Life expentancy in down syndrome. The journal of pediatrics, 110(6), 849-854. Retrieved from
Blog 17 Intellectual Property
To me, intellectual property means owning what you yourself came up with. Such as if I have an original thought, I own that thought.
I looked to Wikipedia as my expert about this topic, and the definition I found through them was, "
Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized under the corresponding fields of law.[1] Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property rights include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets in some jurisdictions."
Through that definition, some examples of intellectual property is copyrights, trademarks, and patents. The concept of intellectual property can change though when it's manipulated such as how something may be phrased. The original writter may have said it a certain way, but if I put that into my own words, it's no longer theirs, instead, it's slightly different and mine.
I looked to Wikipedia as my expert about this topic, and the definition I found through them was, "
Intellectual property (IP) is a term referring to a number of distinct types of creations of the mind for which a set of exclusive rights are recognized under the corresponding fields of law.[1] Under intellectual property law, owners are granted certain exclusive rights to a variety of intangible assets, such as musical, literary, and artistic works; discoveries and inventions; and words, phrases, symbols, and designs. Common types of intellectual property rights include copyrights, trademarks, patents, industrial design rights and trade secrets in some jurisdictions."
Through that definition, some examples of intellectual property is copyrights, trademarks, and patents. The concept of intellectual property can change though when it's manipulated such as how something may be phrased. The original writter may have said it a certain way, but if I put that into my own words, it's no longer theirs, instead, it's slightly different and mine.
Blog 8 Popluar magazine vs. scholarly journal
When I first started doing this, I struggled to find a magazine article that covered Down Syndrome, espeically a popular magazine. I had to dig through google quite a bit to try and find something, but eventually did! I choose an artcile from Times magazine, the APA citation is
The main difference between the two is their language, and I don't mean if they use English or not. In the popular magazie, the author writes in a way that everyone can understand, and the author takes on a viewpoint in the article. In the scholarly journal, the author is writting in a very scientific way, so it's possible that not everyone would understand what they are talking about. They always write very matter of factly, so it's not as personal to read.
Rochman, B. (2012, February 17). Why down syndrome is on the decline. Family Matters, Retrieved from http://healthland.time.com/2012/02/17/why-down-syndrome-is-on-the-decline/
I then found a scholarly journal about Down syndrome, and the APA citation for that is
Chapman, R. S. (1997), Language development in children and adolescents with Down syndrome. Ment. Retard. Dev. Disabil. Res. Rev., 3: 307–312. doi: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2779(1997)3:4<307::AID-MRDD5>3.0.CO;2-K
The main difference between the two is their language, and I don't mean if they use English or not. In the popular magazie, the author writes in a way that everyone can understand, and the author takes on a viewpoint in the article. In the scholarly journal, the author is writting in a very scientific way, so it's possible that not everyone would understand what they are talking about. They always write very matter of factly, so it's not as personal to read.
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