Category: English 497: Research Methods in Composition Studies
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18: Blakeslee/Fleischer Prompts, Ch. 6
Prompt 1 (p. 166): Doing Some Preliminary Analysis I have not begun gathering data, but I can imagine the strategy of graphic depictions as being very helpful to me in beginning such an analysis. Since a number of the questions I will be asking will serve to distinguish between populations…
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17: Revised Research Question
No Prompt (extra entry): Revising my research question My research question, as it now stands, is: How do sex, age, and ableness cause people to interact with kiosk technology differently, and what ethical implications does this have for the use of kiosk technology? I’ve decided to concentrate on sex rather…
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16: Blakeslee/Fleischer Prompts, Ch. 5
Prompt 3 (Blakeslee p. 138): Writing Interview Questions I am imagining interviewing a patient at a general physician’s office that has recently installed a check-in kiosk. Following are some beginning ideas about what interview questions to ask. Name, age, hometown, occupation, ethnic identification, any other demographic details the participant offers…
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15: Blakeslee/Fleischer Prompts, Ch. 5
Prompt 1 (Blakeslee p. 136): Analyzing a document I am comparing the interview styles of Chelsea Handler, an official at Augustana College who interview me for admission, and a reporter friend of mine who I’ll call Jake. I have purposely selected wildly different contexts and interview that have very different…
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14: Blakeslee/Fleischer Prompt, Ch. 4
Prompt 8 (Blakeslee p. 125): Analyzing a document Artifact: Article entitled “Hospital, doctors’ office kiosks increasingly used for collections” (found at http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/hospital-doctors-office-kiosks-increasingly-used-colllections/2009-08-05) Rhetorical analysis: This article is directed at health executives and financial managers and appears to be trying to convince these healthcare professionals that kiosks are a good idea…
Erin Anne Clark 