Removing the bias from the sources.

The purpose of this research paper was not to come out of the gate with an opinion.  I was not supposed to already have a side picked that I was going to support or attack.  This research paper was about finding the truth to the very important question, “Does animal experimentation in medical research have merit?”  When considering this question, I feel I must disclose what criteria I am using.  First, I have to determine if animal research has been associated with any significant advances in medicine.  Next, I have to determine if these claims are fact or myth.  Lastly, I have to determine if the animal research conducted actually provided useable knowledge toward the medical advance that it has been associated with.  As previously stated in the Andrew Knight article, just because animal research was conducted and a medical advance was found, does not mean that the animal research was of any research significance.  Some of those animal experiments resulted in dead ends but were reported nonetheless resulting in biased statics with respect to the success of animal research.  In short, I had to remove the bias in the sources I was researching which is much more difficult than it sounds.