RachelHuntsmanBaldwin_ENGL6401

  Blog #5 Questions/Answers:  Q. What have you learned about the processes of designing a sound research study in class? A. The first process I learned about designing a sound research study was the concept that it takes time. The advice from Dr. Bacabac "to spread the work out" proved to be sound as this project was time-intensive, and requires thoughtful input (in chucks and nuggets); it requires recursive revision as well.  Aside from time, I learned the value of analyzing text within a rhetorical framework. This was my first exposure and experience completing an assignment via analyzing text, let alone writing a research study using a contextual analysis.   Q. What have these processes taught you about your future roles as a technical/professional communicator and digital rhetorician? A. Again, the process has taught me to spread the work out. The size of this project cannot be completed in just a few days. Acquire good sources, review them well, and documen...

 My plans for revision are already underway, yet I still have more work ahead of me. First, I am grateful for the thoughtful critiques and responses from my peers and professors. I plan to address my literature review expounding on my summary and making some needed revision there. Next, I will analyze and revise my proposal I turned in last week. After a clarifying conference call with Dr. Bacabac, I will be adjusting to my "Research Method and Design" section. I will be scratching my formerly planned mixed methods design and narrowing my research to qualitative. I am grateful for this because historically it is what I have practiced. Additionally, I need to make some adjustments to my "Data Analysis" section. I have reached out to a few key individuals for their thoughts/expertise in this regard and will be applying a framework/critical rhetorical analysis to this section. Then I will put my revisions all together. I will write it out all in one writing session, me...