PASTE TITLE OF THE ASSIGNMENT HERE 5 Part I: What Counts as Credible Evidence? Think about the research project that you developed for CJ525 and your applied research topic of interest. Reflecting on...

Part - I
Any research that is conducted needs to focus on evidences which are consistent since it offers much more credibility to the findings and adds value to the overall study. In the golden words of Margaret J. Wheatley, "Without reflection, we go blindly on our way, creating more unintended consequences and failing to achieve anything useful". Looking back on my research, I would say, it was one of the prime responsibilities for me as the researcher to comprehend the credibility of evidences that were used in the study. What can be counted as credible evidence are facts which are believable and experience from source who is authentic. Applying critical thinking help us to gauge skills which require us to analyse and evaluate the arguments (Salkind, N. J., 2010). Fundamentally, basing our research and study on evidence or examples are not enough rather it is imperative to assess the credibility of data used. How reliable is the source of the information and what are the reasons to make the evidence believable with respect to study. In order to evaluate the credibility of evidence, I checked for aspects like neutrality, any biases that might play in the background, expertise in the given subject, reputation as well as consistency or perhaps inconsistency of the data. (Bolino, M. & Klotz, A., 2017).
What determines the credibility of the study is how reliable is the research conducted and how valid are the results attained. Indeed, the credibility of any study is based on essential aspect of data gathering and analysing the data gathered without allowing any biases that creeps in either consciously or unconsciously. While conducting the research, I made my self completely aware of unconscious bias that might produce skewed results. It is very important to understand the biases that might get involved in the research since we get very involved with the subject and might mix our personal feeling while presenting the results. To ensure the...