During the investigative process of writing a research paper, the researcher learns to do which of these? select all that apply.

1.select facts
2.organize facts
3.evaluate facts
4.analyze facts
5.dispute facts
6.revise facts

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1, 2, 3, 4 and 6

Explanation:

During the investigative process of writing a research paper the researcher has to learn to do the six things previously listed because each one is important to have a good final work; however, 5 of them are essential to the investigative process.

1.      SELECT FACTS: While investigating, the researcher has to develop the ability to select those facts that help him to prove his hypothesis and serve as a check material. This is very important because every serious investigation paper has to be well-argued.

2.      ORGANIZE FACTS: Having a structural methodology is needed to establish conclusions properly. If an investigator forgets to organize his facts he would be in trouble later when the time to write comes.

3.      EVALUATE FACTS: During the investigation process all the investigators are used to modify some things in order to improve its final paper quality; to achieve it, it is necessary to the investigator to maintain himself in a state that allows him to question the facts that he is going to incorporate into research.

4.      ANALYZE FACTS: To evaluate facts it is necessary to first analyze their relevance within the objectives and research purposes, so this point is in close relationship with the previous one.

5.      REVISE FACTS: As a part –and before- of the analyzing and evaluating process, the investigator has to revise all the facts that exist before selecting them. At this point we can even establish an order:

First, revise facts(1), then analyze them (2), then select the most important and relevant to the investigation (3), then organize (4)and finally evaluate them (5).

Note: The 5 number of the list “dispute facts” belongs to the discussion part, where the investigator, already having his results, dispute and compare what is he saying with the research area literature.