Assignments

 

Leading Class Discussions (Part of Class Participation Grade)

See this web page on How to Lead Class Discussions

Literature Review (Group Assignment)

This review of literature that will inform the final project should include:

a reference list containing journal articles. the total number is detemined by multiplying the number of group members by 2 articles (e.g. a group of five members should have a bibliograpy of 10 articles).

2 to 3 paragraph summary of each article depending on length or article

1 paragraph about how this article is influencing your thinking about how you will approach the data collection or analysis of the final paper

Interview Protocol (Group Assignment)

Please provide your research question and then provide 8 to 10 questions that you would like to ask interview subjects. Please write the questions in everyday language.

Provide a separate justification for each question stating why you are asking this particular question, why you are taking this approach, and how it will help answer your research question.

Did you avoid asking leading questions (indicating the right answer or providing possible answers?)

Did you avoid asking double-barrelled questions (asking two things at once)?

Did you avoid yes and no questions in favor of questions that will elicit information about processes, stories, decision-making and thoughts?

Interview Transcript 1 (Individual Assignment)

This interview transcript will be graded on the following:

Did you ask the questions on the protocol as they were written?

Did you ask follow up questions?

Did you avoid asking leading questions (indicating the right answer or providing possible answers)?

Did you control the interview by encouraging a reluctant talker or refocusing an meandering talking?

Did you punctuate the transcript to make it easy to read?

Interview Transcript 2 (Individual Assignment)

See above.


Please note: in order to conduct your class research project, you must complete online training to conduct human subjects research. The CITI course is available the via the Human Subjects Division's website where you will be asked to select a Learner Group. The student course is only 30-40 minutes. If you think you might participate in the conduct of future research studies, you should consider bypassing the student course for the full 3-5 hour course for Social/Behavioral research.