Reading Journal
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| Title of Article + Proper MLA Citation for Works Cited page | Introduction to Primary Research: Observations, Surveys … wac.colostate.edu/books/writingspaces2/driscoll–introduction-to-primary-research.pdf. |
| Summarize the article — include your reaction, thoughts, anything to help you remember its claims. 100 to 150 words | This article talks about what primary research is and how it is explained in many different aspects. It also talks about how there are many different types of primary research for different fields of work. And how in college we will be focusing on how to collect the certain type of research for our future job. It also gives us examples and a thorough explanation of that example. It includes picture graphs for those who learn and understand things better through a more visual way. The article also explains how to come up with hypotheses and discussion questions. Reading this article was very helpful because I have to write a research speech for one of my online classes so this is perfect and is answering a lot of questions that have come up so far. |
| Define new terms and concepts by quoting or paraphrasing the original author. |
deductive reasoning, where re- searchers start with a hypothesis or general conclusion and then collect specific data to support or refute their hypothesis inductive reasoning, where researchers start with a question and collect information that eventually leads to a conclusion. |
| How does this reading connect to other articles from class and/or your own research?
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So far this article has related to some of the work that I have been doing in my classes. For one, it has helped me get ideas on how to further my research for my future major projects, and it has also allowed me to come up with more ideas for a research project I am doing in my speech class. |
| Based on the reading, craft one question to act as a springboard for class discussion. | What was one thing you learned while reading the article that will help you further your research for you Major Projects? |