End of year Individual Research Projects

METHODOLOGY
The type of research that I have conducted is called a mixed method, which means I
used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. I collected both numerical
data and statistics in my research and collected and analysed data from the internet
for my research paper to draw conclusions.
I used the keywords ‘terrorism’, ‘spain’, ‘europe’, ‘children’ ‘violent’ ‘terrorist groups’
and more to find the information that I needed for this research paper.
I checked the reliability of these websites by checking if they have an author, looking
for spelling errors, etc. I know that Wikipedia is infamous because anyone can write
anything there, however those Wikipedia articles are specifically linked to multiple
sources and most Wikipedia articles are written by professionals, not just random
people. I refrained from finding all my information there, but sometimes I had to use it
for some information I couldn’t find anywhere else. I knew La Moncloa and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation were reliable sources because their websites ended
with .gov, which meant that these two websites were controlled by the government,
which can be biased in some cases, but in this case, it will provide accurate
information about terrorism. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime is a wellknown
information source related to different crimes and Drugs, which means that
they provide accurate information about terrorism since they have a good reputation
and they are an overall reliable source. CSIS is also a reliable source because it is a
popular research centre in the United States. The newspaper of Levante contained
no suspicious things, it had no spelling mistakes, it had an author, it had a date of
publication, etc.
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