Field Research

When writing a paper, reaching is a huge part in the process of writing. Published documents, books, articles, web sites, or television reports are some resources for research papers. Those are not the only thing you can use. Mike Palmquiest writes in “The Bedford Researcher” that field research, interviews, and observing are some great ways to find out more about an issue then just a published source. Field research, is going out and doing the research yourself. By experiencing your point of interest on your own you can be your own source of research. Palmquiest suggests that you should use field research if you end up in certain situations. Some of the situations include; if the published sources are not very useful, if the point of interest does not have ideas or information that challenges the issue, point of interest is currently happening, or if your line of argument could be strengthened by your own experiences. The field research method can be a great tool to help explore your topic. Field research is not the only other way to find resources, conducting an interview with someone in the field of your topic can be just as helpful. Interviews are a great way to get information from a primary source. They are usually free flowing conversations that usually start by a question then is
Palmquiest writes that a thesis should encourage your reader to either learn something new, change a belief, or take an action. When thinking about the thesis consider why you are writing the paper and what is your goal. Always consider what you have learned and identify important events, details, ideas and arguments. Think and review of important research questions and words you identified. When your draft your thesis conceder your role, the type of document you are writing, and the important information you received. Create multiple thesis statements then choice the one that best fits what you want your paper to be