The biggest mistake students make when new at the research thing is to “go online” to get research.  They do not realize that not everything online is scholarly.  Not everything you find online is academic.  After taking this course, how would you were to explain to first time college students: Not everything online is academic or scholarly when doing research and writing papers. What would you tell them and how would you explain finding legitimate research? 300 words APA

We now know that it can be difficult to quantify human behaviors and human communication.  We also know that we need to have excellent observation and listening skills as a researchers of human communication and behaviors.  Ideally, communication researchers should be objective and unbiased.  All research should be objective and unbiased.

Can observational studies be truly free of bias? Why or why not?

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