In a message dated 4/23/2009 3:16:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, carcharothwp@googlemail.com writes:
Now, to play devil's advocate, at what point does this become original research and synthesis?>>
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Original Research means that I am creating the source. If I am reading the source that is Source-Based Research. It is not original just because it's research. Research in a library is not original research. It's just research, source-based.
Will
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What I'm talking about is having to string together a chain of sources to come to a conclusion. Here, you can dump the sources that led you to the shipping list, but if you had had to say "because of information in source A, we have to interpret source B this way, and not the normal way", then it becomes less clear.
For example, to be certain you have the right Edward Doran in 1901 (and hence the family details), you would probably need another source to confirm that he lived in Oldham.
Or to put it another way, if you hopped back through the censuses, trying to find the name of his grandparents, for example, you increase the risk of error (as someone who does geneaological research, you know that already).
So how do you minimise the risk of errors in source-based research?
Carcharoth
On Thu, Apr 23, 2009 at 11:18 AM, WJhonson@aol.com wrote:
In a message dated 4/23/2009 3:16:09 AM Pacific Daylight Time, carcharothwp@googlemail.com writes:
Now, to play devil's advocate, at what point does this become original research and synthesis?>>
Original Research means that I am creating the source. If I am reading the source that is Source-Based Research. It is not original just because it's research. Research in a library is not original research. It's just research, source-based.
Will
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