January 2009
Beginner to intermediate
352 pages
8h 30m
English
In the preceding section, I said that you need information to succeed and you’re certain to fail if you don’t have information. That raises the question, "How much information does one need?"
The answer to that question often depends on the audience and the purpose of the information. In a problem-solving situation, more information is typically better than less information, because you never know which tiny fact will impact the solution.
In a research situation, the researcher wants as much information as possible to ensure that he or she has looked at all the angles before making a decision. If the researcher isn’t the decision-maker, it becomes the researcher’s job to synthesize the information into manageable ...