Showing posts with label Data. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Data. Show all posts

Monday, 10 March 2014

Lab Assignment 2: Methods

Purpose
The purpose of this assignment is to help you design an instrument that will allow you to collect data to answer your research question. We will provide you with feedback that should help you improve your instrument, so we ask that you do not begin collecting data before receiving your feedback and grade. 

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Format
Your assignment should be no more than 1-2 double spaced pages. Please note the 1-2 pages does not include your instrument. Feel free to use more space to create a well-designed instrument. You must type all assignments and make full use of spell check/grammar check features. We will not waste time trying to interpret poor grammar. All assignments must be in APA format. We do not require cover sheets, but you must use appropriate section headings and references when appropriate.

Directions
For this assignment, you will be asked to prepare for data collection. You should plan on collecting data from 10-15 people if you are doing a survey and 3-6 people if you are doing an interview. If you plan on making observations, plan a minimum of 3 observations at least 5-10 minutes in length, but feel free to make more or longer observations as well. Just keep in mind that you will have to code your observations for emerging themes, so it is important to only collect as much information as you think you can handle.

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Your assignment must include:

• Revised research question and hypothesis
o Your paper must begin with your research question and hypothesis.
o Revise the research question and hypothesis if necessary according to your TA’s feedback.
o Please note: You are not resubmitting your entire Assignment 2. We are only asking you to revise your research question and hypothesis if necessary.

• Description of your methodological approach and design
o State whether your method is quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods.
 Be sure to demonstrate correct understanding of this approach.
o Explain why you have chosen this method.
o Indicate your chosen design (e.g., descriptive, correlational, experimental, case study, interview, focus group, ethnography).
 Be sure to demonstrate correct understanding of this design.
o Identify your independent and dependent variables.
o Explain why this design is appropriate to answering your research question.

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• Description of your sample
o Describe who will be in your sample (e.g., gender, age, race/ethnicity, profession)
o Describe where you will locate your sample.
o Describe how you will recruit people to be included. This is separate from where you will locate them.
o Explain why this sample is appropriate to answering your research question and tell us why you are interested in this specific population.

• Create Your Instrument
o Create the instrument you plan on using for your study. Do not simply describe it. Be sure that it will elicit quality data that will help you answer your research question. In addition, pay attention to how your instrument is formatted. It should be well organized and easily interpreted.
o If you are doing a survey, include the survey you will be using.
 Surveys should include 5-15 items.
o If you are doing interviews, include your interview questions.
 Interviews should include 5-10 questions.
o If you are doing observations, include an example of what your field notes will look like.
 Field notes should include a description of the location of the observation, the time of day, the number of people, and what they are doing. You must include all relevant information from the setting that you think will help address your research question. Be sure to include your thoughts about your observations.
o If you are doing an experiment, include the procedure and describe how you will measure your variables.
 Be sure to define your independent and dependent variables.
 Procedures must include step-by-step instructions for conducting the experiment.

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*Note: Do not complete this assignment using bullet points. This assignment needs to be conducted in an essay format. In addition, please attempt to keep your writing organized. Every paragraph should have a clear purpose. You may want to think of every black bullet point as its own paragraph if it helps you to keep your writing focused.

Thursday, 13 February 2014

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Consider Your Audience
"For your beginning research, you really want to change a small piece of the world."
�Nina Nabors, PhD (Citation from Course DVD)

When you expand upon the body of knowledge in your field, the findings that you present may influence one reader, who may in turn influence others. How to present your research findings appropriately to your audience�and knowing who your audience is�require a thoughtful strategy. In this week's Discussion, you will consider the members of that "small piece of the world" about which Dr. Nabors speaks, and the potential for social change.

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Required Resources (Use the Qualitative Abbreviated Research)
Web Site: NEDARC: "Utilizing Data for Communication "http://www.nedarc.org/tutorials/utilizingData/index.html
This site discusses writing for different audiences and the importance of your findings being understood. Although the site is directed toward a health care audience, its principles can be applied to any discipline.
Review the resources, suggested by your Instructor, that detail your field's best practices for the dissemination of research findings.
� Review the NEDARC Web site,"Utilizing Data for Communication."
� For your focus in this Discussion, choose one of the abbreviated research plans that you have drafted.
� Identify the potential audiences for the research proposed in the plan.
� Select three potential audiences to whom you could potentially present your research findings.
� Suggest strategies for presenting your findings to these three audiences in a way that makes the most sense to the audience.

Assignment
Post by Day 3, 2- to 3-paragraphs with your strategies for presenting your research findings to your three selected audiences. Justify why those strategies would be most effective for those audiences.
Be sure to support your postings and responses with specific references to the reading(s) and/or media segment(s) and use APA format