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Most Researchers Do Not Use Card Catalogues, Index Cards, Microfiches

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Most researchers do not use card catalogues, index cards, microfiches, and periodicals anymore. However, new research technologies-computers, USB flash drives, cloud storage, and online sources-have their own drawbacks or potential complications. Name two or three technological limitations and say why they are such a problem if they occur or how you might guard against the problem happening.


Definitions:

Naturalistic Observation

An investigative approach where individuals are watched in their natural settings without any interference from the person observing.

Experiment

A method of investigation in the sciences or social sciences in which variables are manipulated to observe the effect on some behavior or condition.

Testable Prediction

A testable prediction is a specific statement about the expected outcome of a scientific experiment, based on a hypothesis or theory, that can be observed and measured.

Independent Variables

Variables in an experiment that are manipulated or changed to observe their effects on dependent variables.

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