- plan of attack
- a logical, systematic and structured way of organising a reseach project and gathering necessary information
- evidence that you have reflected critically on various reseach methods and chosen the ones that are most appropriate for your particular research project.
- therefore a methodology is unique to each project
Palgrave - look on website for help
Quantitive or qualitive?
What are the most appropriate methods for my research
Achnologage limitations
What are their benefits?
Your metholodgy may include:
- literature review: libraries/journals/internet
- a particular theoretical approach
- questionaires: sample size, reliability and validity - ensuring your getting the best results
- interviews: structured or unstructured? Bias? How will i interview and where?
- sketchbooks/ critical diaries/ reflective logs
Evidence your methodology at the start of the dissertation
Introduction: can talk about what each chapeter will be a out. You can talk about things that you will not be talking about aswell.
Critical Analysis
'Critical' means to separate or to choose
- skepticism
- reasoned thinking
What do i want to say?
Have i got the evidence to back it up?
Could you find more evidence to support your conclusions?
Where else do i need to look in order to find more evidence?
Am i expressing myself clearly and logically?
Triangulation
Pitting alternative theories against the same body of data
3 or more sources to conclude anargumemt
Bad argument: things you should avoid...
-contradicting themselves
- have no relationship with previous statements
- no logical sequence
- based on assumptions that were never questioned
- trying to claim absolute instead of qualified truths.
Evaluation = looking at and coming to conclusions about the value of your evidence
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