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In this slide, there could be as many as 12 types of biases that information user could fall victim when dealing with information.
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- Fallacies (Logic) Cognition Selectivity (Psychology)
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The way you put ideas together reflect your level of understanding about the issue you have inquired in your research, which, is what your professor looks for when she/he assess your work. In this slide, it introduces 5 level of research output and note the differences between different sentences, and the depth of idea you could get.
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- Research -- Methodology Report writing Academic writing
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In the age of information, everyone is easy to be satisfied with the so-called "facts". However, a young man, Ah On believes that the truth-seeking spirit just like playing a trick, you can only one-side of the "truth". Let's check out whether the buddies of Ah On have this truth-seeking spirit or not.
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- Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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In facing the developer hegemony, Ah Bao’s convenient store is being forced to relocate. His best friend, Ah On gave up the opportunity to study aboard and insisted to stay in Hong Kong and film a documentary about the reconstruction of the old district. Why did he give up the study? Let’s find out the story of Ah On.
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- Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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There are many strange things happened in the old building, is it a trick played by the developers? Let’s continue the story to see what happened on the 5 young people.
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- Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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In order to realize the unfinished plan of Ah On, some of his friends conduct the interview, some of them responsible for the on-site investigation while some of them do the background research. Do you want to know what are they going to do? Let’s check it out!
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- Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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Here comes to the last episode! Let's check out whether they can realize the unfinished plan of Ah On.
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- Information literacy -- Study teaching (Higher)
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This video is about 'what is learning?' at the university.
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to use information to learn, being an informed learner is about being able to maximize the potential of the information environment you have. It will make it possible for you to be productive, capable, and also innovative and creative.
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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In this matching game, learners are required to match the different phases of a research project.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Research -- Methodology Research
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In this video, a group of students came to a professor’s office and enquired how to cite sources in their research proposal.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Bibliographical citations Scientific literature -- Evaluation Technical writing Research -- Methodology
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In this video, a team of students preparing for a group community health project on the topic “overuse of hands and arms”. The project is a student learning activity of Problem-based Public Health module in the MBBS curriculum offered by the School of Public Health. The team is required to deliver patient education materials and a written report on the topic they decided.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Public health -- Research Medical care -- Research Medicine -- Research Technical writing
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Over 20 student teams from national and international universities, including UC Berkeley, Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Michigan, presented their global health technologies at the Rice competition. In this video, it share the story of 2 team of HKUST students. SIGHT was the first team from HKUST to participate in the Rice competition and they won.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Research Technological innovations Medical records -- Data processing Pharmacy management
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In this video, the team has spent a lot of time on searching relevance journal articles, but still, could not locate the right one. That's probably because they did not search with the right keywords and are unable to connect them correctly. Did you encounter this similar situation before? Let's look at this one-minute video to brush up on your searching skills on using subject terms, Boolean operators, truncation, and more.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Keyword searching Information retrieval Database searching
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In this video, a team of students have been collecting the various type of information that needed for the exhibition. One of them suggested to show some videos during the exhibition to the public and you found the TV programmes about the cinema development of Hong Kong that was broadcasted in television channels found are extremely useful for the exhibition.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Exhibitions -- Planning Intellectual property YouTube (Electronic resource) Humanities -- Research Copyright
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In this video, a team of four students have used skills learned in the previous module and found a lot of information which seems relevant. They now have a problem of evaluating the information found to determine what is the most relevant to their research. Apart from that, they also found that there are many types of medical research and studies.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Medicine -- Research -- Methodology Public health -- Research -- Methodology Medical care -- Research -- Methodology
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A subject encyclopedia contains articles (some short, some long) on the theories, events and thinkers that sum up the available literature about a discipline. Articles are arranged in alphabetical order.Indexes in the back of the encyclopedia can help you to determine if the encyclopedia contains an article on your topic, or if your topic is covered within an essay on a related topic. In this slide, here are some examples of subject encyclopedias that may available in your university library.
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- Encyclopedias Education Encyclopedias dictionaries
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There's lots of Engineering information on the Web. Some ask you to pay money; your library probably already subscribes to many good sources. As you develop into a professional engineer, you will learn to go beyond general web pages or web docs & become a more sophisticated engineering information user and creator. In this video, it introduces different engineering information (characteristics & purposes).
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Engineering -- Research
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In this video, a team of students meet again with the Prof. Brown after finding various kinds of primary and secondary resources for the exhibition. Prof. Brown had taken a look at the resources that they have collected and commented that some of the primary resources. He reminded them to use a list of criteria to evaluate the resources the plan to use for the exhibition. Let's check out what are the criteria he suggested to use!
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research -- Methodology Humanities -- Research
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In this exercise, learners are required to find the statement that best describes the publications or the type of law review and journal and match them up.
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- Information resources Legal research
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Most successful people are able to perceive the world around them differently, looking creatively at organisations and systems. They uncover hidden patterns and possibilities that allow them to discover new insights and new ways of doing things. In this video, most of the teammates regard its completion as the end of a journey, there is one student who spots an opportunity to do more.
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- Business planning Business -- Research -- Methodology Proposal writing in business
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Many fresh graduates are unaware that the jobs postings in newspapers or employment websites are only the tip of the iceberg when compared to all the actual career opportunities available on the market. Oftentimes, the advertised jobs attract dozens or even hundreds of interested candidates. Tracking down a position that is unadvertised or doesn’t yet exist is therefore worthwhile because one will face a lot less competition. In this video, a team of students are discovering the golden opportunity of their lives. Does their story inspire you to find your own future dream job?
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- College graduates -- Employment New business enterprises
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In this video, a team of students found one article about the candy-soda geyser from the Journal of Chemical Education and would like to add this into the General Chemistry Laboratory. However, the journal article was published in 2007, so it is a bit out of date. Prof Cheong encourages you to search for any recent updates to this experiment.
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Apart from subject domain knowledge, there are some personal competencies and skills that learner may want to develop in university. The personal competencies and skills include, critical thinking, evaluating definitions, evaluating arguments, evaluating news & media, evaluating scientific studies, evaluating disagreement, and evaluating statistics & graphs.
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- Critical thinking Media literacy Journalism -- Social aspects Information literacy Press criticism
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how do professional historians look for information.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- History -- Research -- Methodology History -- Archival resources Humanities -- Research History -- Research
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In this video, Prof. Cheong will introduce the general procedure to carry out a literature search and the necessary resources that the students should consult.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Proposal writing in research Chemistry -- Research Research -- Methodology Research
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You have learned that it is necessary to evaluate legal information. And you have also learned some evaluation criteria. In this exercise, learners are required to match the legal information together.
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- Information resources -- Evaluation Legal research
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton shares his view on how do historians select relevant information.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- History -- Research -- Methodology Information resources -- Evaluation Humanities -- Research History -- Research
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In this slide, you will learn more about citation counts, h-index, eigenfactor score, and impact factor.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Engineering -- Periodicals Bibliometrics Scholarly periodicals -- Ratings rankings
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In this video, a team of students now planning a marketing strategy for their business, and require theoretical frameworks and concepts found in the academic literature, that is, academic journal articles. They have so many questions, such as which articles are most influential and should be read first, which are the top journals in the field, and who are the prolific authors on the topic?
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- Information retrieval Information resources -- Evaluation Bibliometrics
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In this video, a team of four students are now discussing how to kick-start the exhibition and what information sources in needed
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Exhibitions -- Planning Humanities -- Research
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In this video, a group of students from the School of Journalism and Communication is preparing for a group assignment. They need to do a group assignment based on one current social hot topic - Elderly issue and social protection system in Asian countries.The team is now discussing how to kick-start the group assignment and what information sources are needed. Let's check out what they are discussing!
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Social sciences -- Research Social sciences -- Research -- Methodology
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For most of us, research starts with a search engine like Google. Is a search engine always the best tool for getting business information? Have you experienced the frustration of not being able to find what you need online? In this video, the students on the team are about to face some challenges as they begin their information search.
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- Business planning Corporations -- Finance Proposal writing in business
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In this video, the team meets again, after analyzing and evaluating their search results from academic articles and news sources. They found they need to be careful in avoiding using fake news into their work. Fake news is not a new phenomenon, but with the rise of social media like Facebook and Twitter and the extensive use of messaging apps like WhatsApp and WeChat, we are faced with growing cases of FAKE news.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources -- Evaluation Social sciences -- Research Fake news Internet research
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In this video, the 4 students have used skills learned in Section 3 to evaluate the information found in various databases on a journal article, e-books, anatomy and drug information, etc. They have now come up with a batch of most relevant information that they will use in their community health project assignment which comprises the creation of patient education materials and the writing up of a project report. They meet to discuss what information they should use to fulfil the information tasks. The issue of properly citing sources of the information used also comes up as a skill that they also need to master to avoid plagiarism.
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being information literate help you find creative and innovative ways of doing things, which is invaluably advantageous to your wider profession.
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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In this video, Prof. Christine Bruce explains that being able to evaluate information in leisure, home, or professional situations is an essential skill. Our information world is always changing, and shelf-life of most information is no more than two years!
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- Study skills Learning Information literacy
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In this video, the students are whining about how difficult it is to prepare their paper in APA Style. Then a senior student shared with them the tips of using reference management tools like EndNote; RefWorks; Mendeley; and Zotero.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Bibliographical citations -- Computer programs Information storage retrieval systems
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In this video, a team of students are working together to create a business plan--a formal document that describes the business goals of a start-up company, and provides a strategic map to show how it will attain those goals. What kinds of information do they need to write a business plan? Which information sources will provide them with the critical evidence
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- Business planning Proposal writing in business
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Starting your research in Google may not be ideal as it often ends up leading you to millions of websites and you have no clue which ones are dependable and reliable. Let’s watch this video and learn the short-cut of locating quality social sciences information.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Information resources Keyword searching Social sciences -- Research Database searching Web search engines Internet searching
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In this video, Prof. Mark Hampton share his view on how to make a creative video.
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- Statistics and Research Methods
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- Creative ability History -- Research Humanities -- Research
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In this video, Dr Rebecca Ong, at City University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights on what ways do law researchers benefit from social media.
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- Online social networks Social media Legal research
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In this video, Ms Huang, industry analyst from Bloomberg Intelligence, shares her views on how to deals with information at various stages of research namely: At the start -- What information does Margaret seek to kick-start research into an industry theme? During the search -- How does she determine the reliability of her data sources? During the search -- What major challenges does she face when dealing with business information? At the end -- What makes her industry research valuable to investors?
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- Investments Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
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In this video, Dr Charles Lam shares his views on how to deals with information at various stages of the investment deal. In his sharing, he covers 4 stages of the investment deal. In completing a deal -- What are the major steps involved in completing a real estate investment deal? In making decisions about real estate -- Which business information will inform his decision-making? In validating information -- What mechanism does he use to validate the information sources and data? In spotting bad information -- How does he spot out biased or even fraudulent information?
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- Investments Real estate investment Business -- Research -- Methodology Investment analysis
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In this video, Dr Rebecca Ong, at City University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights on how to decide whether an idea or argument is strong and relevant to your research
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- Legal research
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In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: Is it common we are not capable to fully implement our lesson plan in the classroom?
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- Lesson planning Teaching Planning
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In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: (1)What is a lesson plan? (2) What are the essential questions that we need to bear in mind when planning a lesson?
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- Lesson planning Teaching Learning Psychology of
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In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: what are the key ways to understand your student's progress of learning during a lesson.
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- Teaching Effective teaching
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In this video, Prof. Christina Yu, Associate Vice President (Student Learning) at The Education University of Hong Kong, shares her fascinating insights into seeking, evaluating information for a lesson plan. In this video, Prof. Yu has to say about the following aspects: Why is it important to have a lesson plan?
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- Lesson planning Teaching Planning
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In this video, Dr Robert Wright, a multi-award winning teacher and researcher at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, shares his views on the various aspects of information seeking: Inspiration -- Where does he get inspiration for research? Selecting info -- How does he select appropriate information for his research projects? Evaluating info -- What criteria help him evaluate the quality of a research article? Top tips -- What tips does he have for his students to help them read and understand an academic journal article?
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- Business -- Research -- Methodology Management -- Research -- Methodology
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- Video
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