PLEASE NOTE! This is just a glimpse at what you need to know in module one. For more information see the book Communication Studies: Preparing Students for CAPE.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
WHAT’S IN MODULE ONE
· Methods of data collection/ data collection methods
· Strengths and weaknesses of data collection methods
· Sources from whom you willl gather data ( must be seen in context)
· Verifying, validifying credibility of data/information
· What are barriers/weaknesses to verifying/validifying credibility of data/information
· What is the writer’s main point/idea?
· What are the strategies/language techniques (literary devices/figures of speech) used by the writer?
· Identify the type of writing (expository, narrative,
· Descriptive, argumentative)
· Comment on the reliability of the information in the piece ( look at dates given, is the person an authority or not, where the information was published)
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
Research is exploration combined with learning…
PRIMARY SOURCE
Is a document that was created at or near to the time of the event being…
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters….
WHAT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE? A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one…
Examples of secondary sources include:
A journal/magazine article which…
ADVANTAGES OF USING SECONDARY DATA
Secondary data may be available which is entirely appropriate and wholly adequate to draw conclusions and answer the question or solve the problem. Sometimes primary data collection simply is not necessary...
RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND CREDIBILITY
Perhaps the two most common technical concepts in measurement are reliability and validity. Any kind of assessment...
RELIABILITY: DEFINITION
... how stable, dependable
B. VALIDITY DEFINITION
The degree to which they accomplish ...
CREDIBILITY
When you assess a source's credibility, you try to determine how believable it is. First, you should look...
RATIONALE
Informs the readers as to why your topic is...
AUTHORITY is any accepted source or....
DATA COLLECTION
Data collection is a term used to describe a process of preparing...
TYPES OF DATA COLLECTION
Data collection methods vary greatly in the amount of time and
FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE WHAT DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT TO USE:
kind of issue you need to resolve …
ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES OF DATA COLLECTION METHODS
OBSERVATIONS (a): (Advantages) Provide direct information about behavior of individuals and…
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CHOOSING A DATA COLLECTION STRATEGY
In each data collection strategy, students are gathering information for the purposes of exploring an area of interest…
Taken from my text book Communication Studies: Preparing students for CAPE which is available online from all the major book sellers e.g Amazon, Alibris and Barnes and Noble, the bookstores inTrinidad and Tobago and R. Laws and Sons in St Kitts.
COMMUNICATION STUDIES
WHAT’S IN MODULE ONE
· Methods of data collection/ data collection methods
· Strengths and weaknesses of data collection methods
· Sources from whom you willl gather data ( must be seen in context)
· Verifying, validifying credibility of data/information
· What are barriers/weaknesses to verifying/validifying credibility of data/information
· What is the writer’s main point/idea?
· What are the strategies/language techniques (literary devices/figures of speech) used by the writer?
· Identify the type of writing (expository, narrative,
· Descriptive, argumentative)
· Comment on the reliability of the information in the piece ( look at dates given, is the person an authority or not, where the information was published)
WHAT IS RESEARCH?
Research is exploration combined with learning…
PRIMARY SOURCE
Is a document that was created at or near to the time of the event being…
EXAMPLES OF PRIMARY SOURCES
ORIGINAL DOCUMENTS (excerpts or translations acceptable): Diaries, speeches, manuscripts, letters….
WHAT IS A SECONDARY SOURCE? A secondary source interprets and analyzes primary sources. These sources are one…
Examples of secondary sources include:
A journal/magazine article which…
ADVANTAGES OF USING SECONDARY DATA
Secondary data may be available which is entirely appropriate and wholly adequate to draw conclusions and answer the question or solve the problem. Sometimes primary data collection simply is not necessary...
RELIABILITY, VALIDITY AND CREDIBILITY
Perhaps the two most common technical concepts in measurement are reliability and validity. Any kind of assessment...
RELIABILITY: DEFINITION
... how stable, dependable
B. VALIDITY DEFINITION
The degree to which they accomplish ...
CREDIBILITY
When you assess a source's credibility, you try to determine how believable it is. First, you should look...
RATIONALE
Informs the readers as to why your topic is...
AUTHORITY is any accepted source or....
DATA COLLECTION
Data collection is a term used to describe a process of preparing...
TYPES OF DATA COLLECTION
Data collection methods vary greatly in the amount of time and
FACTORS WHICH DETERMINE WHAT DATA COLLECTION INSTRUMENT TO USE:
kind of issue you need to resolve …
ADVANTAGES and DISADVANTAGES OF DATA COLLECTION METHODS
OBSERVATIONS (a): (Advantages) Provide direct information about behavior of individuals and…
CONSIDERATIONS WHEN CHOOSING A DATA COLLECTION STRATEGY
In each data collection strategy, students are gathering information for the purposes of exploring an area of interest…
Taken from my text book Communication Studies: Preparing students for CAPE which is available online from all the major book sellers e.g Amazon, Alibris and Barnes and Noble, the bookstores inTrinidad and Tobago and R. Laws and Sons in St Kitts.
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