Introducing Research Skills: Assignment 1 and 2

Introducing Research
Skills
(Assignment 1and 2)
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Table of Contents
ASSIGNMENT 1.............................................................................................................................3
TASK 1 RESEARCH INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................3
How does the research process work?.........................................................................................3
What are three of the key issues in research?..............................................................................3
Which research topic have you chosen and why?.......................................................................3
How do data, information and knowledge differ?.......................................................................4
How does this impact your own research proposal?...................................................................4
Reflect on your big data choice and discuss the pros and cons of your selection.......................4
TASKS 2 COLLECTING DATA & EVALUATING SOURCES.................................................4
How do primary and secondary sources of data differ?..............................................................4
Which types of data are most relevant to your own research project, and why?.........................5
How would you collect the data, and what are some of the associated research issues?............5
Find at least four academic sources related to your chosen Research Topic ❓...........................5
Which of your original sources are the most relevant to your research project?.........................6
How credible are these sources?..................................................................................................6
TASK 3 ANALYSING & INTERPRETING DATA......................................................................7
TASK 4 USING DATA AND INFORMATION SECURITY SYSTEMS USING DATA FOR
DECISION-MAKING.....................................................................................................................7
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................9
ASSIGNMENT 2...........................................................................................................................10
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ASSIGNMENT 1
TASK 1 RESEARCH INTRODUCTION
RESEARCH PROCESS
How does the research process work?
The current study is focusing over carrying out information about the impact of Big Data
and Information Technology in society. The current study is commenced by selecting
appropriate topic of the research and then forming appropriate research aim, objectives and
questions in relation to the study (Hancock and Khoshgoftaar, 2020). After the formation of aim
and objectives, certain research methods are chosen for the accumulation and analysis of
information in a systematic manner.
What are three of the key issues in research?
Conducting a research is not an easy task because a researcher goes through several tasks
and stages for completing the work. One of the major issues in the current research is finding
right secondary source for the accumulation of second-hand data about the selected topic i.e. big
data and information technology in society (Qi, 2020). The other major issue in the research is
lack of time management skill and it directly created issue in the completion of each activity in
decided duration of time. Another issue was collecting primary information from the selected
number of participants and this has become issue in attaining objectives of the study.
Which research topic have you chosen and why?
The chosen topic in the current investigation is impact of big data and information
technology in society. Big data has direct impact over society because it is used for forecasting
weather, natural disasters, customised learning, robotics and so on (Wang and et. al., 2020). On
the other hand, information technology also has direct impact because it has changed the way
people communicate with each other. The main reason of selecting this topic is to showcase the
requirement of big data and information technology in today's society.
TYPES OF DATA
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