Question

Given below are two statements: One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R

Assertion (A): Use of ICT in research facilitates access and accuracy of research findings.

Reason (R): A researcher has to follow various styles of referencing and format while writing a thesis with an intent for deriving support from ICT.

In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below:

1. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the correct explanation of (A)
2. Both (A) and (R) are true and (R) is the NOT correct explanation of (A)
3. (A) is correct but (R) is not correct
4. (A) is correct but (R) is correct

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 3 : (A) is correct but (R) is not correct

Assertion (A): Use of ICT in research facilitates access and accuracy of research findings.

Explanation: 

• ICT tools are mainly used by researchers for their ability to ease the knowledge-gathering process and to enhance resource development.
• Researcher in general values creativity and originality, thus the ICT tools which provide the most open situations with great autonomy to the researcher can really help in identifying and solving research problems in the most creative ways. 
• The use of ICT tools for making research data and information available are plenty in numbers today, but the best use of ICT tools would be to improve cognitive skills and thus help discriminate, analyze and create information rather than simply accumulate (Boyer Commission, 1996). 
• As usually research process deals with a large amount of complex information and requires a lot of skills to analyze and organize these well, any ICT tool which helps the researcher give meaning and precision along with adding value to the information generated would be rated above the ones which help in just gathering information.
• Thus, the use of ICT in research facilitates access and accuracy of research findings. 

Reason (R): A researcher has to follow various styles of referencing and format while writing a thesis with the intent of deriving support from ICT.

Explanation:

•  A researcher has to follow various styles of referencing and format while writing a thesis, not with the intent of deriving support from ICT.
• Referencing allows you to acknowledge the contribution of other writers and researchers in your work.
• Any university assignments that draw on the ideas, words, or research of other writers must contain citations.
• Referencing is also a way to give credit to the writers from whom you have borrowed words and ideas.
• By citing the work of a particular scholar, you acknowledge and respect the intellectual property rights of that researcher.
• As a student or academic, you can draw on any of the millions of ideas, insights, and arguments published by other writers, many of whom have spent years researching and writing. All you need to do is acknowledge their contribution to your assignment.

Thus, (A) is correct but (R) is not correct.