COMS 2004 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Internet, Ford Focus, Logic
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September 15th: i know what i know, let me tell you how. This is helpful for generating a list of synonyms. Use synonyms to anticipate the different ways different authors may refer to the same idea. Realities can be interpreted from standpoint of knower. To understand meaning and how it is created. To identify social structures and instigate social change. Predictive: explain effect of one phenomenon on another. Reformist: demonstrate negative consequence phenomenon, advocate for change of. Identify and explain: grammar and spell check, pdf"s only. Direct observations: researchers" personal experiences and interpretations of interactions between people, particularly in natural settings. characteristics. characteristics. Self-reports: participants" perceptions about their own behaviours, beliefs, and/or. Other-reports: participants" perceptions about other people"s behaviours, beliefs, and/or: archive: pre-existing collection of primary textual data, field: locations in which participants interact naturally, laboratory: locations in which researchers control the environment. Investigators" viewpoints: comparing data gathered by different researchers.