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=== Week 3: April 15 β Research question: Where's the puzzle? === * [[Practice of scholarship (Spring 2019)/week 3 session plan| Session plan]] '''Reading:''' ::''Please note: Our in-class activities and discussion will focus on the Durkheim, Pan, and Zuckerman readings as well as your written assignments. The other readings are largely there as instructional supplements.'' * Booth et al., Chapter 3 ("From Topics to Questions") & Chapter 4 ("From Questions to Problems"). * Durkheim, Γmile. 1897. ''Suicide''. Excerpt β final section of the Introduction ([https://canvas.northwestern.edu/ available via Canvas]). * Kahn, C. Ronald. 1994. "[http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJM199405263302113 Sounding Board: Picking a Research Problem β The Critical Decision]." ''The New England Journal of Medicine 330''(21):1530-1533. * Pan, Jennifer, and Kaiping Chen. 2018. "Concealing Corruption: How Chinese Officials Distort Upward Reporting of Online Grievances." ''American Political Science Review.'' 112(3): 602-620. ([http://jenpan.com/jen_pan/sendup.pdf PDF available via Jen Pan's website]). '''We will focus on the Introduction''' (especially the long first paragraph). * Zuckerman, Ezra. 2017. [https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3n1ux6lnu7wbpe/On%20Genre.pdf?dl=1 On genre: A few more tips to article-writers] (pdf). '''Assignment:''' * Write a very brief motivation of your research project ([http://neoacademic.com/2014/07/16/how-to-write-a-publishable-social-scientific-research-article-exploring-your-process/ Richard Landers] calls this "the intro to the intro") that includes the following elements (submitted, once again, via [https://canvas.northwestern.edu/ the corresponding "Discussion" in Canvas]): ** A description of the topic and clear statement of the claim. ** Question(s) derived from the topic and claim. Underscore the most interesting one(s) that you will address. ** A brief statement posing your research around a puzzle or some other genre/framing device (see the Zuckerman reading for ideas). ** A brief statement of the significance or application of your project. * Review a peer's "intro to the intro." Evaluate whether it effectively articulates a research topic, question, puzzle, and significance. Write down comments and bring them with you to class.
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