Writing 2111F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Structured Interview, Convenience Sampling
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Chapter 10 planning, research, and documenting reports: proposals suggest a method of finding information or solving a problem and help organizations make decisions, proposals and reports depend on research. In writing any report, there are five steps: define the problem, gather the necessary data and information, analyze the data and information, organize the information, write the report. Research strategies for reports: primary research gathers new information, e. g. surveys, interviews, and observations, secondary research retrieves information that someone else gathered, e. g. library research and online searches. Finding information online and in print: when evaluating research, you should consider validity, reliability, and currency. Evaluating web sources: use four criteria to decide whether a website is good enough for your research project, authors, objectivity, information, revision date. In an structured interview, the interviewer uses a detailed list of questions to guide the interview. In an unstructured interview, the interviewer has three or four main questions.