Biographicaldetails(Martin给点模板).docVIP

Biographical details PhD candidates Submit by …….. September, 2011. Name – pinyin Class number Group name Contact e-mail Undergraduate major? Other universities attended? Thesis study title Work experience? Expected future employment? Self introduction – “I am …. 100 words Course expectations? please number in order of importance, 10 high, 1 low Experience of giving a research presentation…………? Opportunity to gather research information…………. ? Work in groups………………………………………. ? Gain skill to prepare conference poster……………… ? Improve existing manuscripts……………………….. Prepare research proposal/outline…………………… Improve listening in general………………………… Improve writing in general………………………….. Improve speaking…………………………………… Other ? Measure of earlier progress in developing “research methodology” skills? ref R Kumar 2011 Current progress – limited ----- advanced Formulating a research project - problem objectives 1 2 3 4 5 Conceptualizing a research design – plan to complete the study 1 2 3 4 5 Constructing an instrument for data collection - methods 1 2 3 4 5 Selecting a sample – representing study population 1 2 3 4 5 Writing a research proposal/ outline – based on literature review 1 2 3 4 5 Collecting data 1 2 3 4 5 Processing and displaying data 1 2 3 4 5 Writing a report/paper 1 2 3 4 5 Would you say your intended research is “Pure” or “Applied”? Research Objective ….. which best describes your work? to describe a situation, phenomenon, problem or issue descriptive research to establish or explore a relationship between two or more variables correlation research to explain why certain things happen in the way they do explanatory research to examine the feasibility of conducting a study or exploring a subject area where nothing or little is currently known exploratory research Research approach ….. which best describes your work Qualitative - Quantitative? Indicate