3. Empirical Research
⢠Systematic research with a plan and a question
⢠Not the same as âlooking stuff upâ (see
McNealy pgs 6&7)
⢠Not âLoreâ
⢠Not âfaithâ and/or âbelief,â and that includes
grammar... (see McNealy pg 9)
⢠Data that others can/could see
5. Quantitative vs.
Qualitative
⢠Can be fuzzy, tricky, matter of deďŹnition
⢠Can be quite intellectually/politically
âloadedâ terms (e.g., these two books)
⢠Quantitative = numbers,
qualitative â numbers (basically)
6. Quantitative vs.
Qualitative
⢠Quantitative methods include surveys,
some kinds of textual studies, etc.
⢠Qualitative methods include interviews,
observational designs, etc.
⢠(Most writing research nowadays is
qualitative)
7. A few other research
things....
⢠There are very few experimental research
designs in writing studies
⢠âActionâ research is similar to Teacher
Research and/or the participatory research
model in Blakeslee and Fleischer
⢠All of these models are âEmpiricalâ
8. A few other research
things....
⢠Iâm not going to make you do the Blakeslee
Fleischer exercises, but theyâre useful
⢠The references to MacLean and Mohr on
phrasing questions
⢠Think about some of the ethics early
⢠(And I like the appendixes in B&F)