4. Observations
Determine purpose
What are you looking for?
Determine a system for recording data: When, where,
who, what, how often?
Record the date, time, and place of all observations
6. Interview
Determine your purpose? Why is it useful to your research
question?
Why is that person/s credible?
Set up interview in advance.
Prepare a list of questions (factual and open-ended)
Record the subject, date, time, and place
Thank your interviewee
8. Questionnaire
Write out your purpose and review your research question
Figure out how many respondents you need
Draft potential questions. Each question must require a
short, specific answer
Open ended vs. Closed questions
Identify who you will survey and why they are relevant to
your question
9. Focus Groups
Can get multiple perspectives
Establish a conversation
See how a group of people react to a particular issue
Generate data for further analysis
You can use focus groups in conjunction with interviews
and surveys
10. If you are conducting research
with human subjects…
Complete CITI training. Go to:
https://www.citiprogram.org/default.asp?language=english
---Register for an account, and complete training for:
Group 2: Social & Behavioral Research Investigators and
Key Personnel
---Print completion page and turn in with your final project.
11. Before your conference
Read Chapter 11 in your textbook, and complete Proposal
Part II
Bring proposal to your conference so that we can discuss
your study
The next time that we will meet as a class will be
Friday, 3/30. Don’t skip that day! Bring whatever progress
you’ve made on your field research (which should be a
lot!).
