Consider the following areas of accounting practice or specialization and choose an area of specialization:

• Auditing
• Cost accounting
• Taxation
• Financial statement reporting
• Financial planning and analysis
• Forensics and fraud examination

Discuss at least three ways that you can use research in that role to better support or inform the work that you do or decisions that you make.

Explain the sources that you will use for your research, the research methods or techniques, and how you will assess the weight or validity of each source.