Why Documentation is Necessary in Research

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1. Why Documentation is Necessary in Research ? Prepared by Latta Baraiya (sem 4) Department of English, MKBU

2. Prepared by: Latta Baraiya Semester : 04 Batch : 2020-22 Paper : Research Methodology Topic : Why Documentation is Necessary in Research ? Enrollment no. : 3069206420200003 Email id : [email protected] Submitted to : Department of English , MKBU

3. Table of Content What is documenting a source ? Why it is Necessary in Research ? 01 02 03 Conclusion 04 Introduction

4. Introduction Our research starts with seeing others research. Whether you’re jotting down the results of your own experiments or organizing the work of others, there’s no understating the importance of organizing and citing your research. Proper documentation helps you organize your notes and data. It adds validity to your work, gives credit to others in your field, and makes it easier to share your research with others. As Richard Nordquist rightly said, “In research paper, documentation is the evidence provided for information and ideas borrowed from others. That evidence includes both primary sources and secondary sources”. (Nordquist, Richard)

5. Documentation in research is critical because it allows people reading a finished work to trace points and information back to their original sources and to discern what ideas belong solely to the author. Linda Smoak Schwartz said about Documentation, The most important thing to remember when you take notes from your sources is that you must clearly distinguish between quoted, paraphrased, and summarized material that must be documented in your paper and ideas that do not require documentation because they are considered general knowledge about that subject. (Schwartz, Linda Smoak).

6. What is Documenting a Source ? Phillip Smith said that, “Documentation is a very simple tool to help any practitioner is unveiling patterns”. (Smith, Philip) Adrienne Escoe observed that, "Documentation has many meanings, from the broad—anything written in any medium—to the narrow—policies and procedures manuals or perhaps records." (Escore, Adrienne)

7. Why Documentation is Important ? Give and Take Credit Produce Honest and Valid Work Make Research Shareable

8. Give and Take Credit As ELYSE AUFMANN said, “ Properly documented research is easier to cite, share, and take credit for”. When you incorporate data or information from another source in your work, you must give the original researcher full credit. In the world of research, it's important to share idea and know more about eachother’s way of thinking. It becomes more difficult to trust the reliability of information you read and share and studies without providing adequate citations.

9. Make Research Shareable Your research helps others to understand the information. By proper documentation of information you helps other reade rs to the source from you have taken information. It is great way to explain your ideas further. Helps others to reach the source. Through documentation, you will provide your readers with a description of key features of each source. (P.126, MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers)

10. Produce Honest and Valid Work The integrity of your work is shown in your production if you do proper documentation. By documenting your research throughout the entire process, you add honesty and authenticity to your work. (ELYSE AUFMANN) Be honest while research. Your mistake leads others at wrong direction.

11. Conclusion the expression of someone’s creative work is copyrighted. For that documentation is important To prove your claim and conclusion. It is important to avoid pleasarism. There is an old adage from Human resource circles: “If it isn’t written it doesn’ t exist”. This saying points to theimportance and need for clearconsistent documentation ofevents.

12. Citation Aufmann, Elyse. “The Importance of Documenting Research.” Scientific Notebook Company, 10 June 2020, https://snco.com/the-importance-of-documenting-research/ . Escore, Adrienne. The Practical Guide to People-Friendly Documentation, 2nd. ed. ASQ Quality Press, 2001. MLA Handbook for Writers of Research Papers. Seventh ed., Modern Language Association of America, 2009. Nordquist, Richard. “Documentation in Reports and Research Papers.” ThoughtCo, ThoughtCo, 4 Nov. 2019, https://www.thoughtco.com/documentation-in-research-1690405 .

13. Citation Thank you ! Schwartz, Linda Smoak. The Wadsworth Guide to MLA Documentation, 2nd ed. Wadsworth, 2011. Smith, Phillip. “The Importance of Documentation.” Becoming a Certified Addiction Counselor Has Never Been Easier. Take That First Step and Get Started Today!, 10 Mar. 2017, https://www.addictionacademy.com/2017/03/the-importance-of-documentation/ .