Discuss why knowledge of research methods is valuable as a consumer of research.

In a seamless posting, please incorporate the answer to the following questions into your initial postings:

Discuss why knowledge of research methods is valuable as a consumer of research. As well as, discuss what it means to be a consumer of scholarly research, as opposed to conducting actual research?

The discussion questions have been designed so that a response of approximately 500 words is typically needed to fully address the subject. Please use the link to access readings for this week as well as the attached PDF.

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/reader.action?docID=667795

https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/apus/reader.action?docID=500811