Return-Path: <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i19F4EI17928; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:04:15 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2004 10:04:15 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <0C035BC7.3D1E47A5.0A349A3F@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-fobasics@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FOBASICS:961] Re: The Gold Standard (Tom Woods, brief) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Status: O Content-Length: 939 Lines: 24 George, Researchers in the social sciences use the following framework to shape their work: 1) Asking a question 2) Method of gathering data to answer the question 3) Method of analyzing data gathered 4) Conclusions reached The following concepts are used; 1) Null hypothesis 2) Validity 3) Threats to Validity 4) Reliability 5) Generalizability The framework is followed by qualitative and quantitative researchers. If you read Shirley Brice Heath's "Ways with Words" you can abstract the framework. (Apologies to those readers for whom this is a repeat of messages on another list serv.) On ethnography. An ethnographer takes notes in the field--field notes. These can be photographs, maps, journals,tapes, etc., taken from documents, observations, interviews. This is raw data. Another level of data is abstracted from raw data. This emergent data is what is used for analysis and conclusions. Andrea
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