My Paper

     If you had to investigate a problem or issue, what sources of information would you use? Explain why.

When it comes to investigating a problem or issue there are several sources I will consider using. The sources are; expert opinion, surveys, and personal experience. I will use expert opinion because they are more able to provide information that they know about and it will be consider accurate. A survey is another source I would use because it provided quantified information. According to the text, survey questions are typically fill-in or multiple-choice and designed to identify the subject’s feelings, thoughts, or behaviors concerning the issue being investigated. For the survey to be valid, all questions must be clear, unambiguous, and free of bias (Ruggiero, (2009). Personal experience will also assist with accurate information because the person will be able to express his or her thoughts about the issue or problem at hand. I believe that personal experience is the most accurate source.

References

Ruggiero, V.R. (2009). The art of thinking: A guide to critical and creative thought (9th ed.). New York, NY: Pearson Longman. Retrieved from Axia College

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Expert Opinion

Expert opinion is generally much more trustworthy than most other sources of

information because experts are better acquainted with the complexities of their

subjects than laypeople and better able to distinguish typical incidents and events

from nontypical ones. However, the knowledge explosion has made it more difficult

to stay abreast of the developments even in a single area of a discipline, let

alone an entire discipline. Thus, a person can be world renowned in one special

area of his or her discipline yet uninformed about other areas. Before accepting

Survey

Like statistics, a survey produces quantified information. However, a survey is

done with a representative sample...