Research Reviewer

Ways of knowing Research Plan

Sensory Experience  Written/Narrative/Visual
 Way to persuade others to believe in
 Using our senses to experience
your research
 Usually relies on intuition
 Parts of a Research Plan:
 Most immediate
 Rationale
 Can be refined so don’t trust it
- Does not elaborate
completely
- Part of introduction (further
 Undependable and incomplete
elaboration)
Agreement with Others - Logic of research
- Must answer the question
 Opinions of others
“Why are you pursuing this
 Checks the accuracy of sensory
plan?”
 Can be wrong and no guarantee of
 Objectives
truth
- General Objectives – general
Expert Opinion take on your problem, not
measurable
 Opinions of people who are experts
- Specific Objectives –
in a certain field
measurable, attainable,
 Depends on credentials and the
results-oriented
nature of question
 Questions
 Uses Ethos (credibility)
- Phrased as questions
 No expert knows all and be totally
- What/is there/how
sure
 Hypotheses
Logic - Null form
 Goals and Expected Outcome
 With reasoning
- Who do you solve it for?
 Uses sensory data to develop a new
kind of knowledge  Procedures
 If any major/minor premises are - Prove that objectives are
false, conclusion may not be true doable
 Risk and Safety
Scientific Method  Data analysis
 Involves testing in the public arena - Be specific
 Important to researchers  Bibliography/References
 We identify as facts
 Dealing with hypothesis/hypotheses
 Must be made public and ready for
replication but avoid plagiarism
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