Online Class Activity: Quantitative and Qualitative Research

Hi, Folks,

Because I'm sick, please complete the following activity ONLINE (rather than in the classroom), and post your notes as blog entry. Do not come to class. I will not be there. I will be at home, grooving on my antibiotics and feeling sorry for myself.

Because this is kind of a big job, this will serve as the class activity for today AND THE HOMEWORK READING FOR FRIDAY. That means the blog entry will be due by class time on Friday. You're welcome.

First, please print, read, and annotate the USC Library Guides for Quantitative and Qualitative research/data. Of course, you'll need to bring a printed copy to Friday's class.

Then, please print, read, and annotate "Communication Accommodation in Intercultural Encounters" by Giles and Noels. Of course, you'll need to bring a printed copy to Friday's class.

Finally, please write a blog entry that addresses the following questions. It may be in the form of notes and lists (it doesn't have to be paragraphed, but it can be if you want).

• Write a precis of each USC article.
• Write a precis of the Giles article.
• Chunk the Giles article and write at least five one-sentence section summaries.
• What are five examples of quantitative information in the Giles article?
• What are five examples of qualitative information in the Giles article?
• What are the different roles that quant. and qual. info play in Giles' effort?
• How do quant. and qual. info interact with one another within the article?
• How might the Giles article, its purpose, and the quant/qual data that it shares be useful to folks studying Global Aid?
• How do Giles ideas relate to Hegel's ideas about the self and the other?

Again, you don't need to write this in paragraph form, but make sure to write down your ideas carefully, so that I understand your thinking.  You should write AT LEAST a few good sentences worth of insight/ideas/notes for each of the above questions. This will take a while-- that's why it double as your class work and your homework.

Thanks for being understanding about my illness. Stay healthy. Go team. I hate Winter.

Anna