Research Handout

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Blog 17

This course was quite difficult when it came to the workload. I have had Marlen before, so I had an idea of what to expect. I did face anxiety when I had fewer pages than the required amount, but I realized it was better to keep a short to the fact paper than a long [...]

Blog 16

The most helpful feedback that I received  was from Marlen a little while after spring break. He reassured me that my project was coming together and it took away a little tension and after that I got the majority of my work done. The most difficult part of the drafting was the lit review. It was trying [...]

Blog 15

The peer projects helped me in a few different ways. It made me look at my own paper in the sense that I was grading it, as I did my partners paper. It is a valuable thing to be able to get critiqued by someone that is in a similar position as you. It also [...]

Blog 14

After reading the articles, I learned what is to be expected of the R/S/C part of my paper. The results section of the paper includes the actual data in forms of graphs, tables, etc. After presenting this, the researcher accompanies this with text to explain the results to the reader and point out the important [...]

Blog 13

When combining the three sections of my paper, there were a few obvious changes that needed to be made. It did not make much sense when they were just pasted together, it seemed like 3 different papers. After combining them, the next logical step was to add about a paragraph in between each that transitioned [...]

Blog 12

My methodology will consist of using my friends in a study that will be conducted on a golf course. I plan on having at least 4 subjects that will be tested based on several factors. It will show the correlation between stress ors on the golf course related to the actions of the participants. These individuals will [...]

Blog 11

After the readings, it seems that the purpose of the methods section is to answer how the data was collected.  The next thing to be clarified is how the data was analyzed. Depending upon the audience being written to, the terminology should be appropriate. When presenting the data, it is important to include every important [...]

Blog #10

rubric A literature review in short is just summarizing previous research on a topic. The writer must ask many questions before beginning their paper, such as how much of this has been covered before? What new can I add to the research? Figuring these things out will make the writers life much easier in the [...]

Blog #9

Article #1 1. The University of  New South Wales has found that concentration is the key factor separating professional golfers from amateurs. 2. According to Troy Baker, whom has a PhD in golf psychology at the University of NSW, better players will brush off distractions, while the less skilled player will be more susceptible to the same distractions. 3. The pros know to always [...]