CHYS 2P51 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Dotdash, Literature Review, American Psychological Association
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Lecture 10: designed study, collected data, coded data, analyzed data. Provide reader with the rationale behind your work. What to include: intent, assumptions, purpose. Introduction: nobody said research has to be dull. Hook-catch your reader (using a good quote from your data) Should be interesting, stylish, engaging style will depend on audience. In qualitative research a good quote from your data: a surprising fact, humor, curiosity, definition, anecdote- a story that introduces the reader into what you want to say. Allows the researcher to establish credibility through citing relevant sources. Hierarchy of sources that have established credibility. Certain types of sources are more accepted as valid then other sources. Researchers responsibly to ensure citing a valid source. Websites run by interest groups can be biased and unreliable. Hate groups may publish fabricated information in a format that appears to be valid information.