A few things that stood out too me was the use of search engines on the internet. I feel that our generation relies heavily on search engines, I know I do. I am a huge fan of search engines like Google and Yahoo. The book stresses how these search engines are not very effective, and are not he best choice. Ballenger talks about how most likely the information you are getting from these websites are incorrect or out of date. Published books or journals or anything like that will be more factual and give you better information.
I also found the interviewing interesting because of the paper we are doing now in WRA and we are required to have an interview. I do honestly feel that interviewing someone can be the best source because you are getting first hand knowledge. I usually do not like doing interviews because sometimes it seems awkward and I do not know how to start. In the Curious Researcher, Ballenger does discuss this. He says to start with some sort of flattery to break the ice. It is also good to remember that an interview is supposed to be like a conversation not a survey.
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