Maliaka M. McClendon
Res/351
March 2, 2015
Henry Hoang
Stages of the Research Process
A research process has various steps, the most important step will be what the main focus of correction. Needing to clarify the research question what one is aiming for in the research process? Within this process one will develop progressively breaking down the main questions in to better specific ones. Within the following paragraphs I will talk about the principle of the articles regarding records management journal and digital records management researches. Determining the research questions and hypothesis that researched in the articles, then I will pinpoint the dependent and independent variables in each article as well.
Inside the first article about records management journal. The author in this journal referred a questionnaire to several records management companies, directing the quality management department to fill them out. The question on the questionnaire consent of both open minds and closed minded questions. The questions set in place where to find out about the quality of records management, what was the motivation to obtain certifications and the benefits if any. Next I found research on a way that research was performed in Canada, in this research they focused on the research in digital records management. With International Research on Permanent Authentic Records in Electronic Systems or InterPares for short, is structured with sixteen different team that specifically concentrating on building solutions to have accessibility of digital records in a variation of groups not simply just records management. With the change of times digital records have become a major part in society’s way of information productions since they all assist with human activities and interactions.
Focusing on the main research question that needs to be broken down into specifics is, the type of certification that a records management company have
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