Communication Research Method, Sample of Reviews

2 pages, 743 words

Lecturer

Name: Assoc. Prof. Dr Siti Zobidah Omar

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Room: Department of Communication,

Faculty of Modern Languages and

Communication,

Universiti Putra Malaysia

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Course requirement

Required text:

• Babbie, Earl. (2010).

The practice of social research

(12th ed.).

Belmont: Wadsworth Publishing

Company.

The Research paper on Selected Readings In Computer Mediated Communication Communication Th

This is a selected listing of items related to Computer-MediatedCommunication, the Internet, and network information infrastructure and use. These items were on my qualifying exam reading list for the doctoral program in Communication and Rhetoric at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. I took these exams in September, 1993. The first sections describe what the articles and books are about. Following ...

• Choose appropriate data gathering method

• Identify appropriate data analysis procedure

• Interpret findings and write research report.

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Course content

• Introduction to research: definition,

purpose, importance and types

• Steps and processes in conducting research

• Choosing a topic of research

• Problem statement, Research Questions

and Research Objectives

• Significant and Limitation of the study

• Definition of keywords

• Literature reviews and past research

• Theory and research framework

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• Population and sampling procedures

• Conceptualization, operationalization and

measurement

• Research instrument development

• Reliability and validity

• Indexes and scales

• Data collection techniques

• Data processing and analysis

• Research report writing

• Research ethics

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Course evaluation

• First Assignment

• Second Assignments

• Mid-Semester Exam

• Final Exam

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First Assignment (20%)

Students are requested to prepare a proposal (the

first section) which consist of:

a) Research Title

b) Introduction / Background of the study

c) Problem Statement

d) Research Questions

e) Research Objectives

f) Significant of the study

g) Limitation of the study

h) Definition of keywords

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Date of submission: Week 7 (Wednesday)

Guidelines 1st Assignment:

Length of 1st assignment – 10 – 12 pages

Type written – double space

References – using APA style

Must be an academic writing

No plagiarism. All assignments have to go

through the ‘Turn-it-in’ process.

• Please submit on time

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2nd Assignment (30%)

Student are requested to write a full research

proposal. Please follow the research proposal

3 pages, 1356 words

The Research paper on Changing a Qualitative Research Into a Quantitative Study

Fry and her colleagues undertook a qualitative research to develop a moral distress model in military nursing. Using the same problem statement, literature analysis and background information, this paper aims at converting the qualitative study carried out by Fry and her colleagues into a quantitative study. The study entails setting different research questions and collecting data that aims at ...

guidelines provided.

Proposal should consist of Introduction, Literature

Review and Methodology (see details):

i) Introduction

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Background of the study

Problem Statement

Research Questions

Research Objectives

Significant of the study

Limitation of the study

Definition of keywords

2nd Assignment (30%)

ii) Literature Review

a) Introduction

b) Background of the research

issue

c) Topic according to objectives

d) Theory

c) Research Framework

d) Hypothesis (if any/optional)

iii) Methodology

a) Research Design

b) Location and subjects of the study

c) Population and sampling

procedures

d) Research instruments

e) Operationalization of the variables

f) Pre-test

g) Validity and reliability of the

instrument

h) Data collection procedure

i) Data analysis and statistical

significant

Date of submission: Week 13 (Wednesday)

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Guidelines for 2nd Assignment:

• Length of a research proposal 20-25 pages

including References

• Explanation of methods must reflect the topic

and objectives of research

• No plagiarism. All assignments have to go

through the ‘Turn-it-in’ process.

• Students need to present their proposal in

class (10% marks)

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Guidelines for 2nd Assignment:

• Current Literatures, proposed instruments,

etc.

• References – priority given are from Journals,

academic books

• Academic writing, follow APA

style in citing others’ work.

• Date of submission: Week 13

• Please submit on time.

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Mid-Semester Exam (20%)

Subjective questions

Answer two questions

Question one is compulsory

Will be given three questions. Choose two

questions to answer

• Examination: Week 6

• Duration of exam: Two hours

3 pages, 1367 words

The Essay on The Meaning of Research: An Introduction

1. Define research according to 5 different authors. Social Research is systematic method of exploring, analyzing, conceptualizing social life in order to extend, correct or verify knowledge aid in the construction of theory or in the practice of an art. – Kurtlewin (1988) Research may to define as systematic and objective analysis of controlled observations that may lead to development of ...

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Final Semester Exam (30%)

Subjective questions

Answer three questions

Question one is compulsory

Will be given four questions. Choose three

questions to answer

• Duration of exam: Two hours

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Reminders of Plagiarism

• Students are not allowed to plagiaries

• Please refer to ‘Turn-it-in’ or ‘Viper’

software

• Zero marks [0] will be given to those

students who are caught doing so.

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Journals

Jurnal Komunikasi (UKM)

Jurnal Pengajian Media (UM)

Jurnal Pertanika (UPM)

Jurnal Teknologi Sains Sosial (UTM)

Journal provided in Easy Proxy (UPM’s Library)

Other related Journals

Google Scholars

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Books:

• Chua Yan Piaw (2006).

Kaedah Penyelidikan. (Buku 1).

Kuala Lumpur: McGraw Hill

• Kumar, Ranjit. (2005).

Research Methodology (2nd

ed.).

London: Sage Publications

• Reinard, John.C.(2001).

Introduction to

Communication Research (3rd ed.).

Boston: McGraw

Hill

• Syed Arabi Idid. (1992).

Kaedah Penyelidikan

Komunikasi dan Sains Sosial. Kuala Lumpur: Dewan

Bahasa dan Pustaka

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Other related matters

• Turn-it-in

• APA Style of referencing

• WorldCat

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