HOW TO RESEARCH SECOND EDITION Loraine Blaxter‚ Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight Open University Press Buckingham . Philadelphia Open University Press Celtic Court 22 Ballmoor Buckingham MK18 1XW email: enquiries@openup.co.uk world wide web: www.openup.co.uk and 325 Chestnut Street Philadelphia‚ PA 19106‚ USA First Published 2001 Copyright © Loraine Blaxter‚ Christina Hughes and Malcolm Tight‚ 2001 All rights reserved. Except for the quotation of short passages for the purpose of criticism
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3 CHOOSING A TOPIC AND THE RESEARCH PROPOSAL Objectives On reading this chapter you should: • • • • • • • • understand the importance of choosing a research topic that lends itself to a ’do-able’ project; be able to evaluate potential topics; be able to formulate a valid research question (and hypothesis); understand the importance of creativity‚ and its relationship to innovation in formulating your research question; understand the integral role played by the research question;
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Media Director The main task required for a media director is that he has to be responsible to manage different media departments that includes planning and implementing the plan. He/She is also responsible to shape plans for media buying‚ placing ads etc and see that they remain within the fixed budget for the period. There are lot of responsibilities for a media director. They have to conduct strategy meetings and ice breakers to make everyone know each other. This would help to work as a
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Choosing an area and topic for research. 1. Identify a research area based on your interest and need. Your need and interest should match. E.g. Do you need the research to help you improve your work? Are you interested in conducting such a research? E.g. you are interested in finding out why your students cannot write a composition in English correctly. You want to analyse the errors they make in their compositions. You need this research so that you can help your students realize the errors they
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Vietnam’s Beverage Market Update Friday‚ 16 July 2010 Market structure and size Despite the recent global financial crisis and economic recession‚ Vietnam’s beverage market has managed to remain a strong growth opportunity. Alcoholic consumption in 2009 was estimated at 28‚034 billion VND‚ increasing by 4.47 percent year-on-year (approximately US$1.54 billion‚ falling by 5.88 percent due to the dong devaluation). Accordingly‚ beer sales were estimated at 2‚005 million liters‚ increasing by
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models which can reveal the common ground of HCI technology and analyze the literature for solving the interaction difficulties of the persons with motor and visual disabilities respectively. A number of drawbacks and suggestions are made for future research on HCI technology for the disabled people. Keywords: Survey‚ Human computer interaction‚ Disabled persons 1. Introduction. As the human society entered the 21st century‚ people are more and more aware of the fact that the issue of more than
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Funeral Directors Job opportunities should be good‚ particularly for those who also embalm; however‚ mortuary science graduates may have to relocate to find jobs. Funeral directors are licensed by their State. Advancement opportunities generally are best in larger funeral homes. Funeral directors also are called morticians or undertakers. Funeral directors arrange the details and handle the logistics of funerals. They interview the family to learn what family members desire with regard
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Summary of Source: This source conveys that the role as an Art Director is tough because the Art Directory has so many responsibilities. The source explains the art directors are project managers and control all aspects of carrying out the artistic vision of the film. Art directors are responsible for budgeting‚ scheduling‚ finding locations‚ designing props‚ and oversee production. This source also explains that the art directors are responsible for coming up with logical solutions to constructing
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Talent Director “Cut! Do you even know what you are doing? You just wasted a whole ten minutes of my life with that! Next!” “And why would you even think you would make it with that? Take ten years of continuous singing lessons‚ as well as dance lessons‚ and then we will see how you do.” The career I have chosen is a talent director‚ I love music and talent and I want to let others know and help them with their talents. I would like to help people achieve their goals and help them get gigs and spread
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As stated in my career timeline‚ my goal is to become an athletic director for a high school. I believe this job will provide myself with personal fulfillment that I would not achieve anywhere else. For this interview I reached out to a family friend that personally knows the interim athletic director at Gordon State College‚ Gary Sharpe. Before holding his current position‚ Mr. Sharpe spent ten years as an assistant baseball coach for Gordon State College. Prior to his collegiate career he served
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