| Resources |
| Class Lecture | Group | Individual |
| Richness and precision revisited, how can the precise be more rich and the rich more
precise? Where does your planned work lie on this r/p scale and what can you do to
optimize it? Are you aware of your philosophical assumptions and embedded values.
Are your statistics really value-free? Guest |
Embellish flowcharts with time lines and distinguish parallel activities Share and analyze mini research experiences. |
Method: If you haven't already done so, do a mini-trial of the methods and
procedures you plan to use. Know Thyself: As you plan your methodological approach to your study, does it match how you like to spend your time. That is, if you plan many hours of literature or document study, do you enjoy long quiet isolated hours of reading. If you plan many hours of structured or unstructed interviews, do you feel capable of and do you enjoy the process of carefully directed conversation and the necessary coding, analysis, interpretation and follow-up this inplies? |
Assignments
| Reading | Class Folders | Other |
| Review your resources, books, articles,conference papers, net sites, etc and check
their formats and review for level of legitimacy and rationale for using. Focus on sections of texts most relevant to your research methods and procedures. Find other references to support your design of study. |
Write Limitations Record additional references you have found to support your design of study |
Find at least three more studies that address your purpose area. Look in at least two data bases that treat your selected purpose areas and bring abstracts of studies you find applicable. |
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