Getting Started: Managing Expectations ; Managing Time

Stage 1

Getting Started

Stage 2

Research Methodology

Stage 3

Writing Up

Stage 4

Communication

Forming Teams or Groups

Primary vs. Secondary Data Analysis Choosing your Media

From Topic to Problem Statement

Designing your Survey Instrument

Reporting the Results Class Presentations

Identification of Information Resources

Defining your Population and Sample

Summary and Recommendations

Stakeholders

Literature Review Data Collection Citations

Output: Skeletal Plan Output: Survey Instrument and Data

Output: Research Paper or Report

Output: Grade

Week 1 – 3? Week 4 – 7? Week 8 – 11?

Recess Week 8

Week 12 – 13?

Study in Week 14

Exams in Week 15

Information Overload

Over 110 online databasesOver 30, 000 full text journalsOver 27,000 ebooksOver 50,000 printed books

…And then there’s Google…And then there’s Wikipedia

…And then there’s the temptation to copy and paste!

Where Do I start?

Country and Demographic Resources

Company Resources Industry Resources

Data

Trade Publications

Scholarly Publications

Research Reports

Associations

News

Knowledge Triangle

© Ruth Pagell