CCT208H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Grand Theory, Drinking Culture, Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences
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Research methods: ideas, rules, techniques, approaches used by the scientific community. In communications: how can we through communications research how people interact with media and each other, social science. Attendance and participation: email in advance to explain absence, two and more unexcused absences = don"t contact the professor, divya teaches 3 sessions this semester: and ta. Different ta for all sessions; same location. Inform in advance if joining a different session for the week: participation and attendance = 10% of total grade. Ex: graphic design, advertisement, management, pr, journalism, grad. School, consulting firms, stats: learn about everything about a topic. Look into the relevance, be critical, research into sources. Anyone as it depends on his or her job. Empirical research: ex: observe, carry out interviews survey, involves people, collection of data about people and their social context by a range of methods, ex 2: survey of class how many students were using laptop.