英语论文写作Lecture 6.pptVIP

Lecture 6  Dissertation writing --- Data collection analysis --- Findings Discussion Arrangements Data Collection Data Analysis Basic elements How to report the process of data collection and analysis? Findings Discussions Basic elements How to present findings and provide sufficient discussions? Read sample papers and analyze them. Q: Where can you find ‘data collection analysis in a research paper ? A: Chapter 3: Methodology Elements of data collection: --- when, where, who, how do you collect your data. Elements of data analysis: --- How do you deal with your data to generate answers to your research questions. by comparison contrast by interpreting the literature works by calculating numbers (raw data) by doing statistics, i.e. via SPSS …… Notice Data collection should be closely related to your research design. Data analysis must be right in line with your research questions. An Experimental study of task-based L2 lexical learning 1. To what extent does task type affect the learning of target LUs? 2. To what extent does task frequency affect the learning of target LUs? 3. To what extent does lexical presentation of target LUs affect the lexical learning? And what kind of target LUs is most or least learned? Example 1 Qs: How to report the process of data collection and analysis? --- Report what you did truly honestly --- Focus on the most significant and the most relevant information --- Past tense is often used to report the process. Why? --- Passive voice is often adopted in the description. Why? Example 1 Example 1 Example 1 4.3.8 Data collection The process of collecting data was divided into three stages: pretest, experiment and immediate posttest. In the pretest stage, four kinds of data were collected: scores of TEM4, a receptive vocabulary size test, a productive vocabulary size test and a spelling test. The TEM4