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scholarly research & resulting products

Understand various types of research studies - exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory - and differentiate between them based on goals, methods, and outcomes in scholarly research. Learn to identify components in research articles and track down specific studies to enhance your research skills.

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scholarly research & resulting products

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  1. scholarly research & resulting products wed jan 28, 2015

  2. schedule updates… • SPSS Lab – Feb 9 & March 23 • Davis Library, room 219 • “using information for a purpose” • creative collaboration & narrative storytelling • In-class workshop with Zach Ward, Feb 18 • DSI Comedy Theater http://www.dsicomedytheater.com/ • Please go see one show ($6-10) • Digital forensics class – fall, INLS 561, Thur 2-4:45

  3. learning outcomes for today • delineate between 3 basic types of research studies (exploratory, descriptive, explanatory) • track down the full-text of a specific article • be able to identify specific components in a scholarly research article

  4. LA Times article exercise • read the piece on food labeling • where does the journalist get her information? • try to identify specific studies that she draws from – write down any clues • in groups of 3, use the library resources (e-journals or academic search complete) to track down one of the original research studies

  5. What year?

  6. What year? What year?

  7. Tandon, P.S., Wright, J., Zhou, C., Rogers, C.B., & Christakis, D.A. (2010). Nutrition menu labeling may lead to lower-calorie restaurant meal choices for children. Pediatrics, 125, 244-248.

  8. one way to think about research approaches is to consider specific goals of the research: • exploration • description • explanation

  9. exploratory studies • typically conducted when little is known about a particular phenomenon • often employ a variety of research methods with the goal of learning more about a phenomenon, rather than making specific predictions • often have less structured methods • research questions are typically broad and open-ended and hypotheses are uncommon

  10. descriptive studies • focus on documenting and describing a particular phenomenon • main purpose is to provide benchmark descriptions and classifications • often used to inform other studies • may describe variables and correlations • may aim to build some sort of model or mid-range theory describing phenomenon

  11. explanatory studies • examine the relationship between two or more variables with the goal of prediction and/or explanation • often concerned with establishing causality and because of this require variables of interest to be isolated and studied systematically

  12. prediction vs. explanation • it is possible to build predictive models of events without actually understanding anything about WHY such event occur • very often researchers stop at prediction and do not pursue explanation

  13. Neuman, W.L. (2009). Understanding research. Boston, MA: Pearson/Allyn and Bacon

  14. * exploratory /descriptive / explanatory ** participants, data collection, analysis

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