making and executing a research plan

8/4/2019 Making and Executing a Research Plan

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Dave Golding

Writing and Executing a Research PlanOr, The Happy Researcher


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What the establishment needs is not an original

contribution to ones field but one humongousliterature review, with nods to all the favourite theoristsof each and every member of ones committee.

Research Frustrations

one anonymous (and cynical) dissertator


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writers of dissertations usually lack sufficient commandof their material, and confidence in themselves as scholars,to write with the aplomb that perfuses prose with credibility.

2011 comparative study on dissertationsconverted into monographs

Robert Brown, Manuscript Makeovers,Journal of Scholarly Publishing42, no. 4 (July 2011): 443.


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writers of dissertations usuallylack sufficient commandof their material, and confidence in themselves as scholars,to write with the aplomb that perfuses prose with credibility.

2011 comparative study on dissertationsconverted into monographs

Robert Brown, Manuscript Makeovers,Journal of Scholarly Publishing42, no. 4 (July 2011): 443.


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Virtue is one of the most prominant principlels [principles] that enables usto have confidence in approaching our Father who is in heaven in order to askwisdom at his hand therefore if thou wilt cherish this principle in thine heartthou mayest ask with all confidence before him and it shall be poured out

upon thine head and thou shalt not lack any thing that thy soul desires intruth Joseph Smith, To the Wilkinson family, February 1840


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Be virtuous: it builds confidence and credibility

Be prepared for a humongous literature review

Be confident in your command of the material

Be confident in yourself

Write with the aplomb that perfuses your prose with credibility

The Happy Researcher


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Where to begin?


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Where to begin?APlan

!


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Locate Survey Import Archive Apply Cite

Research Process for Each Data Point (Source)


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2535 pages in length

5,00011,000 words

Average of 3.2 footnotes per page (2.84.3)

72% footnote diversity average (6689%)

Minimum 58 unique sources

1012 unique sources per 1,000 words




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Rule of thumb:

How many pages or words will I produce in this projects finalform? (Estimate)

If number of pages, multiply by 3.

If number of words, divide by 100.


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The number of cited sources represents the number

of materials that you have assimilated to the pointof mastery.

Quantity builds confidence, but without quality,

will not build credibility.

Your research plan must include blocking out timefor thorough review and assimilation of your data.


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Your ability to assimilate data is proportional toyour ability to access data.

Your analytical lifeline is your archived data.

Plan out where this archive will be and block outtime for archiving (indexing and maintaining) your

research data.


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Remember the inverse relationship of your data andthe data in the field:


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Discipline

Field

School

Aspect

You

Amount of Data Outside Your Project

60 unique sources

Tens of thousands of sources

Thousands of sources

Hundreds to thousands of sources

Hundreds of sources


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Remember the inverse relationship of your data andthe data in the field:

This means you must plan on importing to your

database more data than you will assimilate and cite.

It is not wasted energy to import sources you

will not use!


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The nature of the project will dictate the breadth ofsurveying required. (This is why quals exist.)

There is no formula for success here, but take thetime to observe others in your field and the range of

sources they consult.

A good ballpark figure: 3 what you will cite.


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Survey Phase: A Flowchart

Encounter a source Speed read for keywords Remotely relevant?

no

yes

Does this source alreadydemand my close attention?

yes

Import and archive now

not sure

Import under Unfiled

no

Import underReserve


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Good searching strategies will help you avoidwasted efforts.

Map out your datasourcesthe places where your

data will come from.

Expert knowledge here separates the veterans fromthe novices.


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A research plan + Effective data structure = Quality data


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Washington, D.C. (DCA, IAD)

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Rochester

Springfield/Branson

Great Falls

Sioux Falls

Spokane

Wichita

Lincoln

Montgomery

Panama City

Fayetteville/Northwest Arkansas

Missoula

Rapid City

Reno/Tahoe

Asheville

Charleston

Akron/Canton

Gulfport/Biloxi

Chattanooga

Newburgh

Roanoke

Gainesville

Kalispell

Evansville

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Jackson Hole

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South Bend

Helena

Flint

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Duluth

Myrtle Beach

Juneau

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Kona

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Montrose/Telluride

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Columbus/Starkville/West Point

Albany

Augusta

Wilkes-Barre/Scranton

Brunswick

Charlottesville

Columbus/Ft.Benning

Dothan

Key West

Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg

Huntington

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StateCollege

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Cody

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Lewiston

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Jacksonville/Camp Lejeune

New Bern

Cedar City

Butte

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Aberdeen

Waterloo

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Edmonton

Winnipeg

Saskatoon

Regina

Calgary

Toronto

Montreal

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Marthas Vineyard

Hilo

Data-Craziness: An Example


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Salt Lake City

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Charleston

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Alexandria

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Billings

Bloomington

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Lansing

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Rochester

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Great Falls

Sioux Falls

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Lincoln

Montgomery

Panama City


Missoula

Rapid City

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Charleston

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Gulfport/Biloxi

Chattanooga

Newburgh

Roanoke

Gainesville

Kalispell

Evansville

Monroe

Tri-Cities

Casper

Jackson Hole


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Helena

Flint

Idaho Falls

Allentown


Duluth

Myrtle Beach

Juneau

KahuluiHonolulu

Kona

Long Beach

La CrosseRochester

Killeen/Ft. Hood

Montrose/Telluride

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Eagle/Vail/Beaver Creek

Nantucket

Lihue

McAllen/Reynosa

Gillette

Rock Springs

Fargo

Monterey

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Ithaca

Peoria

Meridian

West Yellowstone

Anchorage

Fairbanks

Ketchikan

Elko

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Santa Barbara

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Sun Valley

TwinFalls

Pocatello

St. George


Albany

Augusta


Brunswick

Charlottesville

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Dothan

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Huntington

Valdosta

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Cody

Eugene

Lewiston

Medford

Redmond

Grand Junction


New Bern

Cedar City

Butte

Bismarck

Aberdeen

Waterloo

Alpena

Sault Ste.Marie

Escanaba

GrandForksDevils Lake

Iron Mountain

Brainerd

Jamestown

Laurel/Hattiesburg

Marquette

Ft.Dodge

Mason City

Columbia

Greenville

Watertown


International FallsMinot

Muscle Shoals

Pellston

Pierre

Sioux City

Thief River Falls

Tupelo

Santa Rosa

Dallas LoveField (DAL)

Ft. Smith

Bellingham

Wenatchee

Yakima

WallaWalla

Sitka

MammothLakes

Pullman

Maui

Hawaii

Kauai

Oahu

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Edmonton

Winnipeg

Saskatoon

Regina

Calgary

Toronto

Montreal

Qubec

Ottawa

Halifa

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Charlottetown

Santa Fe


Marthas Vineyard

Hilo

Data-Craziness: An Example

Hubs!


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Nodes Records/Rows

Fields

Hubs/Stacks

Collection

Association

Tag

Repository

Some terminology before we move forward:


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Your Research Plan = Home

What is the main hub of your research project?


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Research Planning & Technology:

Why It Matters to Plan Effectively

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Denver

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Albuquerque

Charleston

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Pensacola

Savannah

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Chicago(ORD, MDW)

Houston(IAH, HOU)

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Memphis

Milwaukee

Philadelphia

SanAntonio

St. Louis


Charlotte

Cleveland


Detroit

Jacksonville

KansasCity

New Orleans

New York(JFK, LGA)


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BatonRouge

Albany

Atlanta

Austin

Boston

Columbia

Columbus

Jackson

Little Rock

Nashville

Oklahoma City

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Richmond

Tallahassee



Cincinnati

Bozeman

Orange County

Portland

Providence

Newark

Greensboro/HighPoint/Winston-Salem

Lexington

GrandRapids


Syracuse


KnoxvilleTulsa

Daytona Beach

ElPaso/Ciudad Jurez

Manchester

Melbourne

Mobile

Ontario

Ft. Myers/Naples

Ft. WaltonBeach

Indianapolis


Dayton

Lafayette

Alexandria

Harrisburg

Madison

Lubbock

Shreveport

Pittsburgh

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Binghamton

Bangor

Billings

Bloomington

Burlington

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DesMoines

Elmira/Corning

Erie

Ft. Wayne

White Plains

Lansing

Midland/Saginaw

Moline/QuadCities

Rochester

Springfield/Branson

Great Falls

Sioux Falls

Spokane

Wichita

Lincoln

Montgomery

Panama City


Missoula

Rapid City

Reno/Tahoe

Asheville

Charleston

Akron/Canton

Gulfport/Biloxi

Chattanooga

Newburgh

Roanoke

Gainesville

Kalispell

Evansville

Monroe

Tri-Cities

Casper

JacksonHole


LosAngeles Newport News/Williamsburg

SouthBend

Helena

Flint

IdahoFalls

Allentown


Duluth

Myrtle Beach

Juneau

KahuluiHonolulu

Kona

Long Beach

La CrosseRochester

Killeen/Ft. Hood

Montrose/Telluride

Traverse City


Eagle/Vail/BeaverCreek

Nantucket

Lihue

McAllen/Reynosa

Gillette

RockSprings

Fargo

Monterey

GreenBayWausau

Ithaca

Peoria

Meridian

West Yellowstone

Anchorage

Fairbanks

Ketchikan

Elko

PalmSprings

Santa Barbara

Fresno/Yosemite

SunValley

TwinFalls

Pocatello

St. George


Albany

Augusta


Brunswick

Charlottesville

Columbus/Ft.Benning

Dothan

KeyWest


Huntington

Valdosta

StateCollege

Wilmington

Cody

Eugene

Lewiston

Medford

Redmond

Grand Junction


New Bern

CedarCity

Butte

Bismarck

Aberdeen

Waterloo

Alpena

Sault Ste.Marie

Escanaba

GrandForksDevilsLake

IronMountain

Brainerd

Jamestown

Laurel/Hattiesburg

Marquette

Ft.Dodge

MasonCity

Columbia

Greenville

Watertown


InternationalFallsMinot

Muscle Shoals

Pellston

Pierre

Sioux City

Thief RiverFalls

Tupelo

Santa Rosa

DallasLoveField (DAL)

Ft. Smith

Bellingham

Wenatchee

Yakima

WallaWalla

Sitka

MammothLakes

Pullman

Maui

Hawaii

Kauai

Oahu

Vancouver

Edmonton

Winnipeg

Saskatoon

Regina

Calgary

Toronto

Montreal

Qubec

Ottawa

Halifax

VictoriaKelowna

Charlottetown

Santa Fe


MarthasVineyard

Hilo

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