Question

What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a source like Wikipedia on the early stages of research?

What are the advantages and disadvantages of local interviews as a source of information on a topic?

Answer 1

1). Wikipedia is an online free encyclopedia, which provides information about various topics, including the topics from health and medicine. Although most of the information provided include references, some of the information does not include references and needs further verification. So, the advantage of using Wikipedia in early stages of research is, it allows one to have a quick idea about a topic, at the same time, the requires one to check for proper references (can be considered as a disadvantage). The information obtained from Wikipedia is cannot be included in references.