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For each question, choose option a, b or c. Use the images above and the module welcome page to help you.

1. Which research document is based on data that has already been collected?

2. Which research document is based on a plan to carry out data collection in the future?

3. Which research document gives details of the research methods used?

4. Which research document will you study in Semester 1?

5. Which research document will you write in Semester 2?

a) The methods section of a journal article
b) The methodology section of a Research Proposal
c) The methods section of a journal article AND the methodology section of a Research Proposal

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Study the example research questions below. For each question, decide:

1. Which data collection technique might be appropriate? Why?

2. Which participants might be appropriate? Why?

3. Which setting might be appropriate? Why?

Research questions

1. What are the main reasons for frequently using a library? (A focus on millennial frequent library-users in Chile)

2. What do public transport passengers do during travel time?

3. How do personality traits influence attitudes towards climate change?

4. How do #fitspiration images on Instagram represent body image?

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Imagine you need to choose appropriate research methods to answer this example research question:

What is the relationship between distance learning and student mental wellbeing?

A. Where will you carry out your research? (= setting)

B. Which people (= participants) will you include in your research?

C. What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people?

D. How will you find / collect this information (= which data collection technique)?

For each answer, also explain WHY.

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Open and scan the ‘example journal article methods section’ document above.

Part A:

A.Where did the researchers carry out their research?

B.Which people (= participants) were included in this research?

C.What kind(s) of information did the researchers want to find out from these people?

D.How did they find / collect this information?

E.What reason(s) did the researchers give for their choices?

Part B:
Discuss: Did the researchers have the same answers you had in activity 4?

Note any interesting similarities / differences.

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Baoyue Jiang/Junjie Xu/Junyi Zhang/Qiaoying Chen/Rui Li

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Baoyue Jiang/Junjie Xu/Junyi Zhang/Qiaoying Chen/Rui Li

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1.Where will you carry out your research? (= setting)

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1.Where will you carry out your research? (= setting)

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At a school where students cannot reach the campus for various reasons (such as covid-19)

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2.Which people (= participants) will you include in your research?

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2.Which people (= participants) will you include in your research?

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students teachers parents

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3.What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people

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3.What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people

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1、Mental state/ GPA
2、Through the form of psychological scale, the investigation of students' mental health state, the relationship between students and parents, the relationship between students and teachers. In addition, students' grades and class status are quantified to show students' mental health performance.

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A.Because of covid-19 environment around world,and also it's very convenient and safer to collect information Thus we can formulate a small program questionnaire to "Wechat comments" for Chinese students like "Monkey Survey" they can answer our question in this small program

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University students, young people
The majority of university student are using the online class in this generation because of the disease or from oversea.

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4.How will you find / collect this information (= which data collection technique)?

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4.How will you find / collect this information (= which data collection technique)?

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Questionnaire, interview, looking for test grades.

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C. What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people?

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C. What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people?

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Collect the starting time of college students' online classes, and investigate the psychological activities, psychological state and psychological changes before and after their online classes.

Online class is a relatively boring activity that requires self-control, and because of distant learning, most courses are connected together, so this will have a great test to students' acceptance ability and will bring psychological pressure to students.

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Q1 School（university）

Q2 Students, lecturers, professors

Q3 Are students satisfied with distance education
If a teacher's teaching plan or content has problems, students are prone to anxiety
Are students happy in distance education
The mood and attitude of teachers or professors in class

Q4 Network questionnaire
Face to face interview
You can even participate in their online courses

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It probably goes to survey, because it's save more time compared to the interview, and it could collect date as more as possible, for instance send a survey link to their email.

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B.Students who are studying at home because of the epidemic

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C. What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people?

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C. What kind(s) of information will you try to find out from these people?

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What are the emotional and mental differences between online learning and offline learning？