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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. OG Theories in Communication Research
38. Multiple Approaches to Research Design/Methodology
39. Quantitative Methods in Communication Research
40. Qualitative Methods in Communication Research
41. Mixed Methods in Communication Research
42. Consuming Research Articles: The Central Question
43. JARS - It's not what you think
44. Article Navigation - Redux
45. Comparing and Contrasting Reporting Standards
46. What is Qualitative Research?
47. Characteristics of Qualitative Research
48. What counts as data and how do you get it? (inanimate)
49. What counts as data and how do you get it? (it's....alive!) - Interviews
50. What counts...focus groups and observations
51. Basic Components of Sampling
52. Determining Representativeness
53. Considerations When Sampling
54. Determining Sample Size
55. Probability Sampling
56. Non-Probability Sampling
57. Where in an article to find the deets on sampling
58. Variables; Operational and Conceptual Definitions
59. Variable oh variable! Wherefore art thou o' variable?
60. On being skeptical [about concepts and variables]
61. RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
62. HYs- Association, Causation, Direction
63. Independent and Dependent Variables Related to Causation
64. Games referenced in the lecture video from RQs - Definition, Fact, Association, Causation
65. Basic vs Applied Research
66. Proprietary Research vs. Scholarly Research
67. Problems with Scientific Ways of Knowing
68. Translation
69. Should You Believe It?
70. How to be a successful student
71. Course Purpose and Objectives
72. Learning OUTCOMES
73. How to use canvas (ICON)
Basic Methods Vocab
After this unit you should be able to:
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