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1. Common Ways of Knowing
2. Problems with Common Ways of Knowing
3. Evil Plot to Develop Competent Information Consumers
4. Scientific Ways of Knowing
5. Other ways of knowing.... Research
6. What is Communication Research?
7. [Social Scientific] Communication Research at Iowa
8. Evaluating Online Information: Research and Disinformation Series
9. Evaluating Online Information: Overview
10. Lateral vs vertical reading - Lecture for COM 1305
11. Evaluating Online Information: Lateral Reading
12. Evaluating Online Information: Bias & Disinformation
13. Evaluating Online Information: Types of Misinformation
14. Evaluating Online Information: Reverse Image Searching
15. Evaluating Online Information: Logical Fallacies
16. Evaluating Online Information: Fact-Checking Resources
17. Evaluating Online Information: Additional Resources
18. Primary vs Secondary Research
19. What is a journal? ("social scientific research methodsly" speaking)
20. [secondary] Research through databases
21. Deconstructing Journal Articles
22. But what if I can't find it in a database?
23. Publishing and Predators
24. Paradigms -- What's in the box?
25. The Dreaded Ologies -- An Introduction (with a side of paradigm)
26. Methodology Broadly: Social Scientific and Interpretive Approaches
27. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research [brief overview]
28. Paradigms Extended (added per request)
29. Paradigm Images
30. PPT Slides - Paradigms, what's in the box metaphor
31. Iowa = Communication Famous (Becker)
32. Iowa = Communication Famous (Schramm)
33. Logical Systems: Induction and Deduction
34. Everyday Knowing vs. Scholarly Theories
35. Communication Theory: A Foundation for Understanding
36. The Interplay of Research and Communication Theories
37. Consuming Research Articles: The Central Question
38. JARS - It's not what you think
39. Article Navigation - Redux
40. Comparing and Contrasting Reporting Standards
41. Multiple Approaches to Research Design/Methodology
42. Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
43. Qualitative Methods in Communication Research
44. Mixed Methods in Communication Research
45. What is Qualitative Research?
46. Characteristics of Qualitative Research
47. What counts as data and how do you get it? (inanimate)
48. What counts as data and how do you get it? (it's....alive!) - Interviews
49. What counts...focus groups and observations
50. Variables; Operational and Conceptual Definitions
51. Variable oh variable! Wherefore art thou o' variable?
52. On being skeptical [about concepts and variables]
53. Basic Components of Sampling
54. Determining Representativeness
55. Considerations When Sampling
56. Determining Sample Size
57. Probability Sampling
58. Non-Probability Sampling
59. Where in an article to find the deets on sampling
60. RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
61. HYs- Association, Causation, Direction
62. Independent and Dependent Variables Related to Causation
63. Games referenced in the lecture video from RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
64. Basic vs Applied Research
65. Proprietary Research vs. Scholarly Research
66. Problems with Scientific Ways of Knowing
67. Translation
68. Should You Believe It?
69. How to be a successful student
70. Course Purpose and Objectives
71. Learning OUTCOMES
72. How to use canvas (ICON)
Basic Methods Vocab
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