The examples cited below are in preparation for Thing 5. They
discuss the different information resources I used and the underlying
decisions which informed my choices when making particular searches in the
past.
The first instance that comes to mind is when I had to
submit an International Economics term paper during my undergraduate
studies. It was a group work and our
task was to analyse the development challenges facing Africa, using Nigeria,
Kenya and South Africa as case-countries. The course tutor insisted that we built
our argument on resources gotten from Government Ministries in each respective country.
This made our task herculean, as we found it challenging to verify most of the
data we generated. However, we eventually decided to compare the data we got
from the ministry websites of each country with World Bank Development Reports
for each respective country, as this United Nations agency was common to all our
case-countries. Adopting this approach helped us finish our term paper with
minimal challenges.
The second instance that comes to mind and one which has
proven to be cost effective over the years is what informs my choice of air
travel. The past two years saw me do a lot of air traveling. In the beginning, spending
so much money on air tickets and airport-to-city commuting took its toll on my
wallet, until a colleague advised I used a travel search engine to compare
prices before making my decision. This search engine allows customers to compare
prices of flights and car rental, it works by posting prices of several travel
websites (for any specified route) simultaneously, thereby giving customers the
opportunity to select a choice that suits their wallet and time schedule.
Sometimes, it even has links to review sites where consumers can rate the
travel vendors on particular routes based on their individual travel experiences.
So, before you commit to traveling with your favourite airline, you might want to
check out travel search engines.
Michael Lewis
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