So we're gonna start with a quick trivia question on which color do you think symbolizes women? So you can type in your answers in the chat that we have no pink is so purple is the internationally recognized color to symbolize women.And how unique of us to be part of women Tech Global Conference. 2021 an amazing platform that is bringing together 1 million women across the globe together on this platform. So I'm Shivangi and my pronouns are she and her, I am the founder of Size Square and uh through my education, I'm an organizational psychologist and a full time practicing UX researcher. So in today's session, uh our three main goals are to understand the importance of research skills today. Uh research tips and learn a bit about ethics in research. So to begin with everyone is a researcher. So from scientists, scholars, entrepreneurs and even social media influencers in the age of information. Today, we have learned not only how to find information but how to analyze it and utilize it for reporting and better decision making. So whether you are trying to book a trip online or you're planning to buy a house, uh everyone does some form of the research or the other.

And in this session, we are going to be focusing on how you can include research skills in your resume in your career to advance at the next stage that you imagine it to be. So research is the world's biggest industry. At this point, there is no job uh across different occupations that does not require research skills. So from the science to social science to all the other fields, marketing, business research has become an integral aspect of all the market and industry. So once you have graduated and you transition into uh a full time job or a career, uh you find yourself in a conference room sitting with your colleagues and your supervisors uh try to replace, I think we should statements with the research indicates and supports that we should do this because when you are stating uh um examples saying that I think we should be doing this versus not doing your homework and not doing your research that does not add value to your um argument or uh the the evidence that you're trying to support and as researchers, uh we collect information to use as evidence and to support our claims when we are discussing any aspect of the business.

And a fun fact. Data is a plural term and a single bit of data is known as data today. Data has become the most valuable asset. So whether you're a graduate student, recently graduated or professional or making a career transition, research skills show companies that you are able to suggest new ideas and help the business adapt to the ever changing world we live in. So take initiative to conduct independent research projects for case studies and portfolio and a passion project can differentiate between you and thousands of applic applicants to your dream job. So for example, you imagine Spotify to be in a different way that um there should be different features that could be included to make the product more user friendly, then you can conduct your own independent research and uh showcase your passion towards the product and the company.

And when you're applying for your dream employer's job, if you have supporting research that you have done for the company as a passion project that really motivates the recruiting manager or the hiring manager to consider your application over the others. And next, we are going to do a quick trivia. So according to uh this, this status, according to the unesco what percentage of the world's researchers are women today, you can use the chat option to add your responses. That what percentage of the researchers across the globe do you think are represented by women? The number is not really high, not really low. It's just somewhere in the middle. If you wanna take a guess correct, Viviana, um your number is correct and so 30% of the world researcher are women and surprisingly, uh there are some exceptions to it. So the overall world number is 30%. But uh some countries, for example, in Bolivia, women represent 63% of the total researchers in the country. And, and France has a rate of 26% and Ethiopia has a rate of 8%. So, uh I would love to know how your country is representing women researchers. And uh we would love to discuss more about it sometime on linkedin. Moving on to the mo major crux of my session.

I'm going to share some research tips that I have learned along the way through my graduate years or I have uh learned these tips from my very valuable mentors. And these have really pushed me to uh do research in the right way in the ethical way. So I'm gonna be sharing those three top tips with you today. So research tip number one is that get a membership to your local library as vague that it would sound in an information absorbed um age that we are today. Given the volume of data available on the internet. You might think that libraries are no longer necessary, but this is a myth because so much information is now at our fingertips, libraries have become even more essential when conducting research because libraries help us access information that is reliable.

And also you will be able to find information that is current up to date. And as long as old as you can remember, so 100 year old manuscripts or 200 year old manuscripts are also available in libraries. So library also offers a more systematic and productive method for discovering useful and uh resources. So it can be a great starting place to explore some research questions. So for example, if you're trying to study a new phenomenon, you might be able to find some correlation of of the previous data and you'll be able to do your research in a more systematic and thorough way. And the more you read, the more as a researcher, you are able to have different perspectives included in your research. Secondly, independent passion uh projects will help you learn and shape your career. So as much value I give to the formal education that we receive from uh colleges, universities. And now since the pandemic, all the learning has moved online. So platforms like Coursera are offering courses, those courses, books are a great starting point. But as important as the formal education is putting those into practice is even more important at this point. Because once you do your independent projects, then only you are able to really learn and uh understand the aspect from a practical standpoint.

So case studies for portfolios, dissertations, publication experiments, you can gain experience through volunteering, supporting a family or a friend's business and volunteer with them to do research projects. Not only will that add valuable experience on your resume, but you learn more by doing so in interviews, you can talk about that, what you researched about and how you did it and what um you know, roadblocks came your way and how you solved it. So demonstrate your research skills by sharing what you know about the industry and the company you want to work for. And the more you know, the more likely you will be noticed among the pool of millions of applicants. Moving on to the most important tip. As a researcher that I can share is to be ethical, so document and cite each source of information accurately. So as a researcher, there are three types of data that you can include in your project or any uh paper that you are publishing. So first is primary data. Primary data is something that you uh have uh collected first handedly that you are uh for example, conducting interviews, you're conducting surveys. So the information that you have collected is the primary data, secondary data is peer reviewed. Um uh resources that have uh that other researchers have conducted the research and published it and you are referring to their research uh in that uh in, in the context. And the third is tertiary resources, tertiary resources are a pool of um all the data that is available.

So you can relate it to somewhat an an encyclopedia or Wikipedia where all the different information is available. So the logical sequence of um looking at different information as a researcher is that you can use tertiary data to understand the overall uh field of topic that you're trying to um study and then move on to secondary uh sources that are more specific to your topic. And then uh if you think that uh adding primary data or collecting data will add value to your research, then you go on to collecting primary data. It is very important that uh not only for your memory that you remember that from where did you report a different resource? Um You need to document your resources, not only so that you can credit your resources, but when you write uh about it also that you can recall, I remember one of my professors spent two years on um one of his uh dissertation and uh he, the biggest tip this he shared was that um he there was that one quotation that he had read in one of the library.

And when the time to publish the dissertation came, he misplaced the source of it. So it was from a physical textual book in our library. And he did not make note of it. And he waited six months to locate just that one textbook so that he could add the reference. So whenever you find any information, have a habit of uh creating a bibliography so that you uh um like create the list of all the citations that you have referred into your project. So you can think that this advice is overly cautious, but it isn't plagiarism is unethical. Do not claim credit for others work and do not misinterpret or misreport sources such as inventing data or reporting fake results. When you report your research ethically, you join search for common good. So um if you have any questions, please feel free to reach out through the chat and uh you can click to my bio and find links to my profile on linkedin and my work. And I would be happy to answer any questions during the session. And also beyond the session, you can reach out to me on linkedin and I would be happy to connect and uh respond to your questions. So finally, um mm the one message or quote that I would like to sum up my talk for today.

It with, it needs more inquisitive savvy and ethical women researchers today because uh as we a few slides ago, we mean uh saw that only 30% of the researchers in the world are women and the more women researchers that are present in uh in the industry who are creating their own research projects or who are allowing women to represent themselves in uh research, the, the better the society we are able to create.

Uh It was only until uh 1990 late 19 nineties that women were allowed to be a part of clinical life uh Other research studies. Before that, it was only the men who were represented as sample. So uh as women researchers, it is our responsibility to have more representations uh for all the different um you know, parts of societies that are underrepresented to create a more diversified and a more equal world. And with that, um I have a few minutes to answer any questions that you may have for me today. And um I, I was really happy to be a part of uh this platform and share some of the research tips that have helped me along the way. And I hope uh this would inspire you and um you know, move forward to do your own research project. And um and I'm happy to take any questions now and while we are waiting for some questions, um just to give you a brief idea about my experience. So I have studied to be an organizational psychologist and from the academia uh research field. I have now moved on to the applied research and currently I'm working as a UX researcher and um I'm really passionate about research because each day is a new way um to, you know, explore something to learn something and to be a researcher is to be a, be a learner for life.

And um this allows me to learn from whatever is happening around me and uh do my bit to uh represent women in the research and create more diversified projects. Thank you so much Trish for joining. Um I'm so happy to see you here. Great. Um Thank you so much for being a part of the session today. And um which one is better technical or non technical research? So, um yeah, one myth I would like to share is that uh some people think that you have to be really good with numbers um to be a researcher that is not the fact. Um And um so there are two types of research. One is a quantitative research and one is a qualitative research. So in quantitative, it's more data driven and in qualitative, it is the analysis of um you know, I it can be any non numeric data, it could be interviews, it could be pictures and other uh forms of data that is not numeric. And at this point, um I'm seeing that the trend is moving both towards having a mixed methods, research and more uh on the qualitative side.

So um there is no better way to say that if it's technical or non technical, but if, if there is somebody who's not good with numbers and you're still passionate about research, you can do it and to answer to Viviana, which research database do you suggest to consult at first?

Um So um for me, um personally, I like my go to point is that I really visit the library. And uh there are, I find the librarians are really uh well versed with the different uh research material that is available. And uh you can uh uh you know, search for uh specific databases for sciences, for Social sciences for. And uh the reputed journals are a great start point. Personally, I feel. And uh apart from that, you can um if you're searching online, my tip for you is that always um verify the res uh the source of information. And because there are a lot of mixed uh kind of data that is available online. So any valid platform or um a funded or a government funded organization can give you uh a more verified uh data um as compared to just um the random websites that are available, so verify your resources. And if the source is good, then you can rely on the information that you collect from there. I uh Vivian, I hope I answered your question and gain your question as well. Perfect. And yeah, please feel free to connect with me on linkedin Instagram and you can email me uh if there is any particular question that you have, uh I would be happy to answer it in a more personalized way and uh also connect for long term and uh share the information that uh we are building great that brings us to the end of the session today.

Thank you so much and a big thank you to Women Tech Global Conference 2021 for having me. Um I'm Shivangi, I'm founder of Size Square and um I wish you a great evening ahead. Thank you.