CS235 Chapter 5: What Counts as Data?
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Sources any individual, text or artifact that supplies data or evidence that is relevant to your research: 4 categories, existing texts, direct observations, self-reports, other-reports. Dependent on primary sources for all info they have about the speech. Typically consulted first when researchers conducting a. Direct observations a researcher(cid:495)s personal experience and representation of his or her sources of data, but particularly of individuals and their interactions in natural settings literature review: take detailed notes about what you see. Self-reports disclosing your own behaviours, beliefs, or characteristics: use if you want to know what people feel and how they think, survey questionnaires, subject to some standard biases or systematic sources of error. Other-reports collected by asking people to report their perceptions of another person(cid:495)s behaviours, beliefs, or characteristics: used in 4 ways: When a researcher wants to know how a certain text or performance affects those who receive it.
