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1. Common Ways of Knowing (not testing on this material Fall 2023)
2. Problems with Common Ways of Knowing (not testing on this material Fall 2023 in Exam 1)
3. *Evil Plot to Develop Competent Information Consumers
4. Would you like to write your own exam questions?
5. *Scientific Ways of Knowing
6. *Problems with Scientific Ways of Knowing (not testing on this material Fall 2023 during exam 1)
7. *Other ways of knowing.... Research
8. *-What is Communication Research?
9. *What is a journal? ("social scientific research methodsly" speaking)
10. *Research through databases
11. *Primary vs Secondary Research
12. *Publishing and Predators
13. Lateral vs vertical reading (not testing on this material Fall 2023)
14. Basic vs Applied Research
15. The Dreaded Ologies -- An Introduction (with a side of paradigm)
16. Paradigms Extended (added per request)
17. Proprietary Research vs. Scholarly Research
18. Translation
19. Deconstructing Journal Articles
20. Should You Believe It?
21. Review: Scientific Reasoning, Characteristics of Research, “Where” do com scholars research
22. Review: Research through Databases, Primary vs. Secondary Research, Publishing and Predators
23. Review Proprietary vs. Scholarly Research; Translation; Deconstructing Journal Articles
24. Review: Basic vs. Applied Research
25. Review: Ologies and Paradigms
26. Research Questions and Hypotheses [you choose to ask]
27. Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research [brief overview]
28. You said it was called the What's That Now? Article Navigation
29. Research Questions and Hypotheses [you choose to ask] - Breakout Section!
30. Logical Systems: Induction and Deduction
31. Variables; Operational and Conceptual Definitions
32. Variable oh variable! Wherefore art thou o' variable?
33. On being skeptical [about concepts and variables]
34. Paradigms -- What's in the box?
35. RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
36. HYs- Association, Causation, Direction
37. Independent and Dependent Variables Related to Causation
38. Games referenced in the lecture video from RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
39. Paradigm Images
40. PPT Slides - Paradigms, what's in the box metaphor
41. Where in an article to find the deets on sampling
42. Determining Representativeness
43. Determining Sample Size
44. Basic Components of Sampling
45. Probability Sampling
46. Non-Probability Sampling
47. Considerations When Sampling
48. Research participation (SONA)(Research Components (2 of 2))
49. Review: Problems with scientific ways of knowing
50. How to be a successful student
51. Course Purpose and Objectives
52. Learning OUTCOMES
53. How to use canvas (ICON)
54. Deconstruction Research in Journalism: Should You Believe it Project - brief overview
Basic Methods Vocab
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Introduction to Social Scientific Research Methods in the field of Communication 3rd Ed - under construction for Fall 2023 Copyright © 2023 by Kate Magsamen-Conrad. All Rights Reserved.
