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Using complete sentences, define the three characteristics of scientific writing and explain strategies for demonstrating these characteristics in writing.
This question has two parts. Explain your understanding of a comma splice error by doing the following:
Define a comma splice and explain how it is an incorrect sentence. Write an original sentence with a comma splice error in it, then rewrite the sentence correctly
Explain the strategy you used to correct the comma error.
Define and explain idioms. Why are idioms generally inappropriate for scientific, academic writing?
B. Essay Answer - 30 Points Choose 1 of the following 2 questions to answer:
Describe, in detail, the components of a classical experimental study. What are the strengths of a classical experimental study? What are the weaknesses
Your answer should be in complete sentences, include detailed concepts, vocabulary, and original examples, and be comprised entirely of your own original work. Answers will be graded for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.\
Describe the basic goal of survey research and the advantages and disadvantages associated with surveys? Is survey research a common technique? Why or why not?
Your answer should be in complete sentences, include detailed concepts, vocabulary, and original examples, and be comprised entirely of your own original work. Answers will be graded for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.
C. Application Essay. 40 points. Complete the following writing assignment.
Drawing on everything you've learned about research design, create a research question and draft a complete research study. Your study should be thorough, written in complete sentences and include a detailed response to each of the following questions (a. through e. below). Answers will be graded for accuracy, clarity, and completeness.
What is your research question?
Identify the basic details of your study including who or what will be the subject of the study, what type of data will be needed, and how this data will be collected and analyzed.
Will this study be qualitative or quantitative? Explain.
What specific tool will be used for data collection?
Important: If you're conducting people or behavioral-oriented research, identify if you will use field research or surveys. Identify the specific type of field research you will engage in or the type of survey you will use (for example, Likert-Type scale). Explain either in full (how the field research will be conducted, what questions or statements the survey will contain, etc.), and include a justification of why you've chosen to use this type of data collection. Finally, explain how this data will be analyzed after collection.
Important: If you're conducting artifact or message-oriented research, identify the type of analysis and/or coding that will be used. Describe this in full, and include a justification of why you've chosen this type of data collection or measurement tool. For example, identify whether this will be conversation, interaction, or content analysis, explain how this information will be coded, and how the results of this coding will be interpreted.
Will this research study use an experimental group and a control group? If so, explain how and why this will be done. If not, explain why it will not be necessary to assign subjects to these groups for this study