Posted: April 14th, 2015
Now it is time for you to begin thinking about the mini research report assignment listed in the syllabus. We’ve studied reports. Now, you will write a report based on your own field research. This work involves observation and engagement with a particular case. Consider these key terms:
• Desk research / Secondary research vs. Primary / Field research
• Primary research = “surveys, interviews, observations, and ethnographic research.”
This section in Purdue Owl will help you get a grip on the concept of primary research https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/owlprint/559/ You will be doing your own primary research in a field related to your chosen profession. Will you shadow, transcript an interview, or create a survey? What will you do? You will finish a written report according to the research you accomplish, and you may supplement this report with material developed for — and used in the course of — your own research. You may also supplement your own research with desk research from appropriate sources.
• Actively read the section of Purdue Owl to get ideas about the type of research you would enjoy conducting.
• Brainstorm opportunities to do research related to your chosen profession.
• Collect data. Complete and document your own research.
• Use knowledge gained from this class with the fundamentals of composition to create a report describing the results of your research.
We shall discuss a due date as a class, but now is the time to begin work on this assignment.
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