4.18.24 Movement Legacies, Reflection, and Review.pptx
Alternatives To Social Research
1. Alternatives to Social Research Authority Tradition ‘Common sense’ Media Myths Personal Experience
2. Why do women tend to do the laundry? Authority : Experts say that female children are taught to care for others. Tradition : Women have always done the housework in society. Commonsense : Men aren’t so concerned about their appearance as women so it makes sense Media myth : TV ads often show women enjoying doing the laundry so they must think it’s fun. Personal experience : "My mother, and all my friends’ mothers have always done it."
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8. Importance of Literature Review A literature review must do these things: 1. be organized around and related directly to the thesis or research question you are developing 2. synthesize results into a summary of what is and is not known 3. identify areas of controversy in the literature 4. formulate questions that need further research
9. Basic Research Design & Implementation Process 1. Identify initial Research Question/Issue 2. Question assumptions 3. Undertake Literature Review of Area 4. Redesign research questions 5. Choose research Methodology 6. Identify sources of information & collect data. 7. Analyse data 8. Interpret data 9. Inform and act.
