KP290 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Literature Review, Null Hypothesis, Data Analysis
17 Jan 2018
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Involves multiple steps: general format, develop a problem of interest, do background work (ex. literature reviews, prepare the introduction (ex. present the problem, prepare the methodology, collect the data, analyze the data, write the final paper. Steps in research process (p. 38; slide 4-6: step 1: select the topic/problem of interest, step 2: literature search and review, step 3: define the problem, narrowing the topic to something manageable, time schedule. Step 1: select the topic/problem of interest. Info: computerized search, secondary sources (ex. books, electronic search engines, databases, catalogues. Is the material objective, showing more than one side of an issue: better to show more sides, audience. Is the resource intended for scholars, professionals, members of an organization, the general public? (some website vanish!: accuracy, can facts be verified? (very important, are opinions and conclusions supported by the evidence, opi(cid:374)io(cid:374)s a(cid:396)e(cid:374)(cid:859)t fa(cid:272)t, content.
