Research Project Reflection - 4/1/10

Personally I feel that my research is going quite well. Even though I have found plenty of research to use in my argument paper I still periodically search for more research being done on my topic. The conversation in the academic community about my topic, the rise of internet plagiarism, is going quite well. Most of the views on it are in accordance with my own; my own views being that Internet plagiarism is on the rise and we need to find ways to curve this growing trend, not just identify it. So overall I'd have to say that I am pleased about the conversations around me.

On the subject of concerns or problems I have with the research process, I only have one problem about my research process. The problem I have is that I have to complete the CITI training in order to conduct a survey of my own. I mean I personally don't see the point as to why the University requires us to complete it! I completely understand why they are having us do it, which I'm assuming is for legal purposes, but I fail to see what could go wrong. And does a Facebook survey count as a type of survey that I have to complete CITI training for? But I digress; nevertheless I still have to complete it in order to move forward with my research. There's nothing I can do about it. But other than that I feel my research is going fine.