August 29, 2007

Great work in class today. I'm really impressed on how well you all did on the "what's wrong with this research" exercise. You already seem to be critical thinkers, and this will help with the material covered in this semester. As a re-cap, here is what we covered today;

Faulty research presented in the mass media
Epistemologies (Personal Experience, Intuition, Authority, Tradition-Custom-Faith, & Magic-Superstition)
Two different types of research (Propriety & Scholarly)

Question for thought (remember to type your name after your response);
For posting, I want you to think about the different epistemologies we learned. Give me an example of how you learned something incorrectly because of using an epistemology.
For example: I once learned through authority that the mayor of Cheektowaga (my home town) lived in this huge mansion on Clinton St. My older brother was a figure of authority, and he told me so. When I grew older, I learned the building was actually an art museum that people can rent out for private parties. I further learned that Cheektowaga does not even have a mayor. I believed my older brother through authority and was incorrect.

Jeffrey Bolt

Monday, August 27

Welcome to Research Methods. I'm looking forward to a new semester with a new group of students. Please feel free to email with any questions you may have.


Question For Posting: Please write your name so I can see you have been here. Click on leave a comment, type in your name, then post.

Individual Meetings

Please sign up for your individual meeting on Monday, August 6. Select a time between 9am and 1pm. Each meeting will last no longer than 10 minutes so sign up on the tens (i.e. 9:00, 9:10, 9:20, 9:30, etc.). Make sure nobody has previously selected your time.