Research Skills for Academic Study

Research Skills for
Academic Study
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Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
TASK 2............................................................................................................................................3
Collecting Data.......................................................................................................................3
Reflection...............................................................................................................................4
Academic sources credibility.................................................................................................5
Ranking with justification of inclusion and rank...................................................................6
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFRENCES...................................................................................................................................8
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INTRODUCTION
Academic research is complicated end requires full attention and commitment of the researcher
because it will involves different steps of collecting interpreting and analysing data in order to
draw useful conclusions. Digital technology has been used for variety of fields including
agriculture here big data and IT are being used for smart farming (Iaksch, Fernandes and
Borsato, 2021). This research focuses on research skills needed for academic study and looks at
the topic of the impact of big data and information technology in society. Relevant data related to
this topic is collected in this report along with the description of difference between primary and
secondary data and associated research issues. For academic sources are referenced and ranked
according to their relevance and credibility along with a suitable justification for their ranks and
inclusion.
MAIN BODY
TASK 2
Collecting Data
Difference between primary and secondary data sources
Primary Data Secondary Data
 Primary data is unique and originally
to collected directly from first hand
sources.
 Primary data is real time data as it is
collected directly from suitable first
hand sources (Ponce and et. al.,
2021).
 Primary data is usually corrected
with the help of surveys
observations experiments
questionnaires or personal
interviews.
 Primary data helps attain
 Secondary data is collected from already
existing sources where someone has
collected the data earlier and is being used
for specific investigation.
 Secondary data is past data at as it was
collected previously by a specific
researcher for their investigation.
 Secondary data is usually collected from
sources such as government publications
websites books journals articles internal
records an agency reports (Bottomley,
Pryjmachuk and Wright, 2020).
 There is no guarantee that secondary data
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