01:920:311 Lecture 3: Theory and Research
7 Nov 2018
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Reviewing existing research: literature review: good research project should come out of previous research/literature on related topics and build on that literature in some way, eg. Identifying an interesting puzzle to solve- academic studies: eg. Challenge: you always start by noticing emerging social phenomena based on personal experience, my research __________ the trends in the literate in the following ways ________. This matters because _________: what are the consequences of this policy, practical minded, touch upon theory in the process of designing what they study will look like, generalizing: what do these findings mean beyond this specific case. Research topic template: part 1: " i want to _______" (insert action verb, explain, analyze. Identify: part 2: insert social phenomenon or theory, look at patterns and relationship between things, look at public opinion about things, the relationship between ____ and ________ Other: you want to do a project because you can accomplish something doing this.
