Sociological Research Methods Summer 2008 http://blog.lib.umn.edu/clar0514/class/ en Copyright 2009 Tue, 19 Aug 2008 21:24:54 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/?v=4.25 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Qualitative and Quantitative analysis - Aug. 19th Download file

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You are asked to do a content analysis:
First, Find a list of Newbery award winners and honor books for the last 10 years.
Begin your content analysis of the titles of these books by listing the titles that suggest to you that there is a female character in the book.
Now list the titles that suggests to you there is a male character in the book.
Titles may fall into more than one category.
What are you able to tell about gender in adolescent fiction? What conclusions can you draw from your analysis? Are there any other variable that could be useful for analysis

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http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/561/01/

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Find a list of Newbery award winners and honor books for the last 10 years.
Begin your content analysis of the titles of these books by listing the titles that suggest to you that there is a female character in the book.
Now list the titles that suggests to you there is a male character in the book.
Titles may fall into more than one category.
What are you able to tell about gender in adolescent fiction? What conclusions can you draw from your analysis? Are there any other variable that could be useful for analysis
http://www.ala.org

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An Introduction to the topic
The research question and/or hypothesis
A brief discussion of the relevant literature: how was the literature review
organized.
A discussion of the methods they will use to answer their
questions.
a conclusion including a discussion of the problems faced in
working on this project.

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List of Important things to inclulde in Notes- Chiseri-Strater and Sunstein (1997)
Date, time, and place of observation
Specific facts, numbers, details of what happens at the site
Sensory impressions: sights, sounds, textures, smells, tastes
Personal responses to the fact of recording fieldnotes
Specific words, phrases, summaries of conversations, and insider language
Questions about people or behaviors at the site for future investigation
Page numbers to help keep observations in order

You will be turning in your fieldnotes so keep that in mind.
You need to type a two page paper about your fieldwork. That does not include your field notes which need to be included.
Tell a story about your fieldwork. Your experience with fieldwork. What issues or problems did you have? What would you do differently next time? What did you miss?

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http://people.mnhs.org/mgg/sharestory.cfm

You may do an interview and a story for the interview/survey homework.

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