Do you agree or disagree with the following statement? It is better to use printed materials such as books and articles to do research than it is to use the internet. Use specific reasons and examples to support your answer.
The issue at hand is whether it is better to use material from the internet or use printed material like books for research. This is quite a difficult issue because information is available at both sources which might be reliable. I believe that referring to printed materials like books is a better option while doing research for the following reasons.
Firstly, it is easier to read books. This is a personal opinion but I find it easier to read an article from a book as opposed to reading the same article from the internet. Reading on a computer or mobile screen tends to strain the eyes after some time. Also, there are plenty of distractions on a computer or mobile screen. Let us assume one is reading an article for research purposes off their mobile screen. If a notification from Instagram pops up, there is a chance that they might tap on it and proceed to be scrolling through Instagram for the next thirty minutes. But when one uses a book, there are no distractions. All the focus is on reading and absorbing the contents of the book.
Secondly, books are published by authors who would have researched extensively before writing the book. The chances of the information in a book being inaccurate is very low. On the Internet however, information is widely available. There will be a thousand different answers for the same question. One would never know as to which is right and which is wrong. Since anyone can post content on the internet without their name or contact information being disclosed, there is no way to track them and ask them about how and where they got their information.
Lastly, a book written by an author would have been cross verified by various other authors or professionals in the field for any kind of inaccuracies. If any inaccuracies would have been found, the book would have been published only after the author would have rectified it. Content on the internet however is slightly different. Anyone can publish an article about any topic and it would not be verified by professionals. The likelihood of information being wrong is high. For example, if one is to do research about thermodynamics, multiple books could be referred to and the laws of thermodynamics and their definitions would be fairly similar. However, on the internet, every website has their own definition for thermodynamics, some completely deviant from the topic itself.
For the above reasons, I feel that using printed material is better than using content from the internet for research purposes.
Grammar and spelling errors:
Line 3, column 48, Rule ID: PERSONAL_OPINION_FRIENDSHIP[1]
Message: Use simply 'opinion'.
Suggestion: opinion
..., it is easier to read books. This is a personal opinion but I find it easier to read an article...
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Line 7, column 173, Rule ID: IF_WOULD_HAVE_VBN[1]
Message: Did you mean 'had been'?
Suggestion: had been
...nd of inaccuracies. If any inaccuracies would have been found, the book would have been publish...
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Transition Words or Phrases used:
also, but, first, firstly, however, if, lastly, second, secondly, so, while, as to, for example, i feel, kind of
Attributes: Values AverageValues Percentages(Values/AverageValues)% => Comments
Performance on Part of Speech:
To be verbs : 34.0 15.1003584229 225% => Less to be verbs wanted.
Auxiliary verbs: 14.0 9.8082437276 143% => OK
Conjunction : 15.0 13.8261648746 108% => OK
Relative clauses : 9.0 11.0286738351 82% => OK
Pronoun: 25.0 43.0788530466 58% => OK
Preposition: 53.0 52.1666666667 102% => OK
Nominalization: 9.0 8.0752688172 111% => OK
Performance on vocabulary words:
No of characters: 2106.0 1977.66487455 106% => OK
No of words: 429.0 407.700716846 105% => OK
Chars per words: 4.90909090909 4.8611393121 101% => OK
Fourth root words length: 4.55107846309 4.48103885553 102% => OK
Word Length SD: 2.77073727005 2.67179642975 104% => OK
Unique words: 209.0 212.727598566 98% => OK
Unique words percentage: 0.487179487179 0.524837075471 93% => More unique words wanted or less content wanted.
syllable_count: 657.0 618.680645161 106% => OK
avg_syllables_per_word: 1.5 1.51630824373 99% => OK
A sentence (or a clause, phrase) starts by:
Pronoun: 5.0 9.59856630824 52% => OK
Article: 5.0 3.08781362007 162% => OK
Subordination: 4.0 3.51792114695 114% => OK
Conjunction: 1.0 1.86738351254 54% => OK
Preposition: 3.0 4.94265232975 61% => OK
Performance on sentences:
How many sentences: 25.0 20.6003584229 121% => OK
Sentence length: 17.0 20.1344086022 84% => The Avg. Sentence Length is relatively short.
Sentence length SD: 42.1489928705 48.9658058833 86% => OK
Chars per sentence: 84.24 100.406767564 84% => OK
Words per sentence: 17.16 20.6045352989 83% => OK
Discourse Markers: 4.48 5.45110844103 82% => OK
Paragraphs: 5.0 4.53405017921 110% => OK
Language errors: 2.0 5.5376344086 36% => OK
Sentences with positive sentiment : 6.0 11.8709677419 51% => More positive sentences wanted.
Sentences with negative sentiment : 8.0 3.85842293907 207% => Less negative sentences wanted.
Sentences with neutral sentiment: 11.0 4.88709677419 225% => Less facts, knowledge or examples wanted.
What are sentences with positive/Negative/neutral sentiment?
Coherence and Cohesion:
Essay topic to essay body coherence: 0.215693088014 0.236089414692 91% => OK
Sentence topic coherence: 0.064915914186 0.076458572812 85% => OK
Sentence topic coherence SD: 0.093579617845 0.0737576698707 127% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence: 0.164020844156 0.150856017488 109% => OK
Paragraph topic coherence SD: 0.112698454054 0.0645574589148 175% => OK
Essay readability:
automated_readability_index: 10.3 11.7677419355 88% => Automated_readability_index is low.
flesch_reading_ease: 62.68 58.1214874552 108% => OK
smog_index: 3.1 6.10430107527 51% => Smog_index is low.
flesch_kincaid_grade: 8.7 10.1575268817 86% => OK
coleman_liau_index: 10.9 10.9000537634 100% => OK
dale_chall_readability_score: 7.76 8.01818996416 97% => OK
difficult_words: 89.0 86.8835125448 102% => OK
linsear_write_formula: 7.5 10.002688172 75% => OK
gunning_fog: 8.8 10.0537634409 88% => OK
text_standard: 9.0 10.247311828 88% => OK
What are above readability scores?
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Rates: 70.0 out of 100
Scores by essay e-grader: 21.0 Out of 30
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Note: the e-grader does NOT examine the meaning of words and ideas. VIP users will receive further evaluations by advanced module of e-grader and human graders.