Académique Documents
Professionnel Documents
Culture Documents
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
WHAT’S IN MODULE ONE
• METHODS OF DATA COLLECTION/ DATA COLLECTION METHODS
• SOURCES FROM WHOM YOU WILLL GATHER DATA ( MUST BE SEEN IN CONTEXT)
• DESCRIPTIVE, ARGUMENTATIVE)
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
PRIMARY SOURCE
Is a document that was created at or near to the time of the event being…
Perhaps the two most common technical concepts in measurement are reliability and validity. Any kind of assessment...
RELIABILITY: DEFINITION
... how stable, dependable
B. VALIDITY DEFINITION
The degree to which they accomplish ...
CREDIBILITY
When you assess a source's credibility, you try to determine how believable it is. First, you should look...
RATIONALE
Informs the readers as to why your topic is...
DATA COLLECTION
OBSERVATIONS (a): (Advantages) Provide direct information about behavior of individuals and…
In each data collection strategy, students are gathering information for the purposes of exploring an area of interest…
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EXAMPLES OF PAPER 3
6. Choose two data collection methods and write a short scenario each to show how
you will use them
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7. Explain why you should follow certain considerations when choosing Data
Collection method(s)?
Sources Exercise
For each of the following, indicate whether it is primary (P) or secondary (S), not a source
used in history at all (N) or either, depending on its use (E):
22. _____An article in The Trinidad Express commemorating an important historical event
26. _____ A 1962 copy of the Trinidad Guardian describing the Water riot in Port of Spain
29. _____A photograph taken on the University of The West Indies campus during a 1970
demonstration
31. _____The report of the Commission of Inquiry investigating the Airport scandal.
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