Module Reflection by Barbara Thompson

Module 1 - Philosophy and Notion of Research

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 21:59:47 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher:

It's important to know the purpose of your research. I didn't realize how hard it could be to determine a research question until I made mine. All of these aspects of creating a research proposal support each other and are important to determine if the research is possible.

Module 2 - Scholarly Research

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:00:03 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: Scholarly research is different than other forms of research. There was so much learning in this course on methods and ways to go about researching. It is important to determine reliable sources that will contribute to scholarly research.

Module 3 - Literature Review, Ethics and Electronic Searching

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:00:34 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: Literature review is something that is pivotal is determining a research proposal. Is there literature to support your work? Is the literature peer reviewed and non biased?

Module 4 - Why is some research conducted?

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:00:56 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: Research is conducted to find an answer. A research proposal is constructed to determine the eligibility of the research. It would be difficult to determine if research is possible without learning about it.

Module 5 - Research Typologies

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:01:16 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: It is important to know what kind of approach to take - quantitative, qualitative to experimental. Which research method would work best with the question you are seeking to answer?

Module 6 - Literature Review

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:01:41 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: To compose a thorough literature review it is essential to have access to scholarly resources. Not all people may have access to scholarly articles or peer reviewed studies.

Module 7 - Research Methods and Methodology

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:02:05 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: Research methodology is paramount to answering the research question. The type of research is chosen to support research measurement.

Module 8 - Research Proposals

bthomp8 — 2024-12-10 22:02:28 UTC

Difficulties for a Non Researcher: There are many sections in a research proposal and they are all important to the purpose of the proposal. If is important for the person writing the research proposal to know why the parts inform the others.