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Module 7 - Primary Research

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Activity 1 | Activity 2 | Activity 3 | Activity 4 | Activity 5

Activity 4: CourseCompass Learning Resource

eText Readings

  • Writing: A Guide for College and Beyond, Chapter 19.
  • Research Navigator

         “Finding Sources” tab, “Exploring Additional Sources”

  • An excellent start for your survey and interviews is at

http://community.wgu.edu/clearspacex/thread/14264?tstart=15 and

http://community.wgu.edu/clearspacex/thread/14956?tstart=0

For guidelines on planning and conducting an interview, look for a PowerPoint presentation, “Field Research: Conducting an Interview,” on the web site for the online writing lab at Purdue: http://owl.english.purdue.edu/workshops/pp/interviewing.ppt 

Here's another section from OWL about interviews and surveys (note: there is a link at the bottom of the page to info JUST about "surveying"):http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/559/06/

Visit this link for information about how to write surveys: http://www.surveysystem.com/sdesign.htm

 

Pay particular attention to the "web survey" section.
Copyright 2008, by the Contributing Authors. Cite/attribute Resource. sguy. (2007, February 26). Module 7 - Primary Research. Retrieved December 02, 2008, from Western Governors University Web site: http://ocw.wgu.edu/liberal-arts/research-writing-and-oral-presentation-after-11-1/7activity4.html. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons License. Creative Commons License