Research and Methodology

In this week's freshman seminar class, professor Dana Williams spoke to the class about research and methodology. I learned some important things during this seminar. The first thing I learned is that before beginnig research, one should plan out their methodology. Methodology includes determining how to show your research, and how you are going to go about collecting it. One should also consider the audience that will be reading your writing. The next thing I learned deals with framework. Framework is how you decide to structure your data. This is important because different types of data require different representations, such as graphs or pie charts. Lastly I learned that in college, students are giving the opportunity to present new data instead of sumerizing things all of the time. This is important because new research should confirm or deny previous findings and expand on those concepts. Dr. Williams' seminar was very informative.