The Sorting and Sifting stage is where students continue evaluating information and organizing it for their needs, but on a more refined scale. McKenzie compares this stage to how "a fishing boat must cull the harvest brought to the surface in a net." He also points out that the more complicated a research question is, the more important this stage is.
At this stage in the cycle, I am beginning to feel like my information need is close to satisfied. I am realizing that my questions were not complex and I was able to find answers to them in a relatively easy fashion. I have some information, but not an overwhelming amount to the point that I feel like it needs to be sorted or sifted. I credit some of this to the fact that my inquiries were focused in a more creative realm, so there are not definitive answers. Much of it is dependent on personal tastes, so it's hard for me to feel like I can present 'data.'
Resources:
McKenzie, Jamie. The Research Cycle. 2000. Web. 8 Feb. 2013
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