Communications Management

Communication: The Research Process

USD 15.00
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Instructor
Alan Fata, DBA
Category
Leadership
Difficulty
Medium
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This course consists of the following topics:
  1. Research Questions
    • Narrowing a Topic.
    • Background Reading.
    • Developing Your Research Question.

  2. Categorizing Sources
    • Quantitative or Qualitative.
    • Fact or Opinion.
    • Why Intent Matters.
    • Fact vs. Opinion vs. Objective vs. Subjective.
    • Primary, Secondary & Tertiary sources.
    • Popular, Professional & Scholarly sources.

  3. Evaluating Sources.

  4. Citing Sources.
    • What is Academic Integrity?
    • What is Plagiarism?
    • What is Citing?
    • Why Cite Sources?
    • How to Cite Sources?
    • What Information Do I Cite?
    • When Don't You Cite?
    • Creating In-Text Citations and References.

  5. Making an Argument.
    • Making an Argument.
    • Components of an Argument.

  6. Annotated Bibliography.
Course Features
Credits:
3 PDU
Skill Section:
Leadership
Access:
Lifetime
Test Questions:
20