CRIM 321 Lecture Notes - Tabula Rasa, Sensemaking, Convenience Sampling
11 Dec 2013
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Researchers accountable for both quality of research and its claims. Be sensitive to changing contexts and situation. Ql researchers have open but not empty minds" (janesick, 2000, p384) Focus on process as much as definitions. Links theory to data using selected methods and analytic techniques. Provides systematic, procedural guidelines for conducting research and analysis. Focus on links between methods and research questions. Anticipate processes of sampling and data analysis. Understand all research is directly or indirectly political. Recognize that research you do reflects what you believe. Capable of being researched thru data collection. Of at least some interest to you. Flexible prepare to realign research as it evolves. Research should have a basic an simple reason for doing it. Stay on track without compromising research by imposing pre-set notions. How does project fit into larger contexts of literature on topic. How do you make sense of phenomenon in field? (talks about why and how)
