Monday, January 21, 2013

Precis for "Planning your Project" and Chapters 3&4

           The first article of this section talks about picking a plausible topic, and the kind of evidence you will need to support it. This may help you narrow down after having a couple options, because it lends a new perspective to the way people look at their topic themselves. In Chapter 3, the authors talk about narrowing a topic down to focus on every little detail and idea about it. They also discuss research questions that must stem from your topic and their significance to your research in general. Chapter 4 is about turning a question into a problem that will guide your research as you go along. The authors explain that this is a hard step, but one that is crucial to any researcher's work. These chapters have not gone into the depths of research yet, but have shown how important it is to start research off correctly.
          At this point, I think my topic pretty much fits all of the general criterion, but I still have a lot more to do concerning research questions and problems. I haven't gotten much of a chance to delve into my research yet, but once I do, I will make sure to explore what chapters three and four were talking about. I really enjoy these precis, because I think they're really helpful to our research and much more meaningful to our purpose. I'm learning a lot and hopefully that can help me improve while writing this paper.

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