Questions and Answers of Communication Research

4. In the process of scientific discovery and ex- planation, four outcomes are sought: describ- ing behavior, determining causes of behavior, predicting behavior, and explaining behavior.
3. Academic research follows accepted norms and procedures that have been adopted by scholars from many disciplines.
2. Scholarly research is the discovery of an- swers to questions through the application of scientific and systematic procedures.
1. Research is asking questions and finding answers.
9. Identify questions about communication that you believe are worth pursuing.
8. Describe the differences among questions of fact, variable relations, value, and policy.
7. Distinguish between research question and hypothesis.
6. Differentiate among the characteristics of science.
5. Describe how communication research from a social science perspective is different from other forms of communication research and other forms of social science research.
4. Explain communication research as a social science.
3. Explain the relationship of research and theory.
2. Explain the goals of research.
1. Identify instances in which you could use or conduct communication research as a stu- dent, use or conduct communication research as a professional, and use the results of com- munication research
To ex:plai11 n1etatheory and its prin1ary con1ponentCritical perspective
vii . AP rio ri Reasoning 9. So What?
vi. Intuiti on or I-lunches iv. In Int erp ersona l Int eractions
v. Mai,ric, Superstitio n , a11d/or Mysticism iii. In H ealth Care
iv. Tradition s, Customs, and F aith ii. In Medi a
iii. Authority i. ln Businesses and Organization s
ii. Tenacity Study?
i. Experiencea. Wh ere Do Con11nUJ1ication Researc hers
4. H o,v Do We I
3. How Is Research Knowl edge D isu;buted? Researchers Study?a. Acad e1nic Pu blishingb. Scholarly Researchb. Social Di alogue and Pu blic Policyc. Applied Researchc. Com muni cation in th e Popu lar
d. Communication as Cr itical or Cultural 7. v\That D o Conilllun ication Researchers Do?Researcha. v\That Spec ific Areas Do Co111IDUJucation
c. Co1nmunication as I-Iumaniticsd. Contradictory Knowledge Research 6. Scientific Reaso ning
b. Communica tion as Social Researchc. Cogn itive ConscrvatiSJn
a. Researchb. Over genera]ization
2. What Is Rcsea rch?a. Accuracy
1. What Wlll You D o \.vith the Information 5. What's Wrong ,vith Everyday Ways of You Learn in Thi s Course? I

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