Category Archives: methodology
Fishing for clues vs fishing for answers
I’ve been revisiting a lot of interview data recently in working on my analysis and trying to figure out how all of this will come together. By ‘this’ I refer to THE BIG MAMMOTH OVERWHELMING THING THEY CALL A THESIS but that’s another rant for another day. I conducted these interviews in the second half [...]
Touching, stroking, and loving the iPad
Yes, I was one of ‘those’ lining up to have a play with the iPad when it got released here in Australia. I was a bit so-so about it all, but had to see for myself what all the fuss was (is) about. What I discovered was that it’s not so much about seeing for [...]
Wordle for June
Oh my goodness. I can’t believe it’s June – I’m still getting used to writing “2010″ instead of “2009″! Below is a Wordle (http://www.wordle.net) generated from the beginning section of my “Methodology/Methods” chapter. As I’ve blogged before, Wordle works by generating a “word cloud” based on the frequency of words in a given text – [...]
My PLN and those “Aha!” moments
Mid-2008, I submitted my research proposal for review and gave a panel presentation about it (nerve-wracking stuff!). In my proposal, I outlined the literature and rationale behind the study, the proposed methodology and methods, ethical considerations, research instruments, intended analysis (and analytical framework), and so on – everything you’d expect to see in a qualitative [...]
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