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15:34 Mar 31, 2009 |
German to English translations [PRO] Social Sciences - Linguistics / research | |||||||
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| Selected response from: Kim Metzger Mexico Local time: 15:39 | ||||||
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3 +2 | artifact of research |
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artifact of research Explanation: "Like all methods, story-based research has strengths and weaknesses. Stories are less obtrusive than interviews. Interviews, whether in a fixed, random survey or an open-ended questioning of elites, are powerful and evocative research tools, but they are also an artifact of research; interviews do not exist absent the research process." http://books.google.com/books?id=uSdPoYVTzJMC&pg=PA28&lpg=PA... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 3 hrs (2009-03-31 19:05:18 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Hi, Helen. I had to leave as soon as I posted this. As I see it, research can be skewed by the research process itself. It can create artificial rather than natural results. |
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12 hrs peer agreement (net): +1 |
Reference: research artifact Reference information: In this reference we see some types of "research artifact": halo effect, ceiling effect, etc. Reference: http://books.google.com/books?id=SAXSI6q77kQC&pg=PA5&lpg=PA5... |
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