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@texastink who was your mentor?
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02-24-2019, 10:36 AM
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Thank you Texas Tink. I gathered from another forum member that this requirement might depend on the topic of study. So, if someone were to do a historical research- say, on the leadership style of some American President - they obviously must only compare and contrast already existing data, and offer a whole new perspective. However, if someone is taking up a topic like how dietary and exercise habits affect mental health, they might need to survey people, as this topic involves lifestyle choices etc. I am yet to formulate my topic, but I have been thinking along the lines of employee engagement, and it’s connection to mental health etc. Given this topic, I am wondering if I will be asked to actually interview people? There is substantial research on this topic, and if I am allowed to meta-analyze all that data, and offer a new interpretation, that might actually be good.
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(02-24-2019, 10:33 AM)posabsolute Wrote: @texastink who was your mentor?
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My mentor is Christine Hansen.
(02-24-2019, 10:36 AM)Supermind Wrote: Thank you Texas Tink. I gathered from another forum member that this requirement might depend on the topic of study. So, if someone were to do a historical research- say, on the leadership style of some American President - they obviously must only compare and contrast already existing data, and offer a whole new perspective. However, if someone is taking up a topic like how dietary and exercise habits affect mental health, they might need to survey people, as this topic involves lifestyle choices etc. I am yet to formulate my topic, but I have been thinking along the lines of employee engagement, and it’s connection to mental health etc. Given this topic, I am wondering if I will be asked to actually interview people? There is substantial research on this topic, and if I am allowed to meta-analyze all that data, and offer a new interpretation, that might actually be good.
Again, it may depend on the mentor. Several people in my class have topics where they could interview people to get original data/research, but no one has been asked to. And the one person who suggested it for themselves was warned about it. The textbook itself also has a warning basically suggesting that it's actually really hard to do surveys/interviews and get it all done and analyzed in time.
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Good to know! I have been feeling tensed about it.
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It seems to be up to the mentor. Some insist on original research, some do not.
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What about Dr. Cody? Does he expect original research?
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(02-24-2019, 06:54 PM)Supermind Wrote: What about Dr. Cody? Does he expect original research?
No, he did not. That's one of the reasons I liked him. I would have hated having to do surveys or some such. I don't believe in has value.
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I have started the research process for my Capstone project. I want to know if there is a clear rule about how recent the sources must be? I found some very good research papers authored between 2001-2010. These papers carry a lot of info that I need. Will I be allowed to cite them, or will my grades go down for citing older sources? Of course, I have also identified many studies conducted in 2017, 2018. But I would still like to use the older ones too.
Likewise, I have also found some very good books authored in 2008. There is so much info in these books that will really help me further my thesis. Can I use them? Finally, can I cite any articles from Harvard Health Publishing, Psychology today, etc? What percentage of my references can be articles?
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I don't see any problem with the sources you are suggesting, especially if you have some newer ones as well.
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Check the syllabus to see what it says about the age of sources. I don't recall any limitations on age of citations in the business capstone, but yours may be different.
As a personal rule of thumb, I generally aim to find the most current sources as possible, but I consider anything within the last ten years is fair game. If you have to go back further than 10 years then its relevance depends on the material I suspect. Psychology probably doesn't change enough that recency will matter that much though, so going back 15-20 years may be perfectly acceptable.
Too bad you haven't started the course yet, you could just ping the course mentor to confirm the citation requirements.
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