Technical and Professional Writing: Solving Problems at Work

Chapter 4. Solving Problems Through Advanced Research

PREVIEW OF THE CHAPTER

• Case Study: Patricia Wynjenek

• Introduction to Some Essentials of Research

• Review of Kinds of Research

  • Primary Research

  • Secondary Research

• Varieties of Primary Research

  • Experimental/Empirical/Quantifiable Research

  • Nonexperimental/Qualifiable Research

  • The Case of Patricia Wynjenek

• Varieties of Secondary Research

  • Searching Libraries On-Line

    • Boolean Searching

    • Keyword Searching

  • Searching the Internet

    • Common Problems

    • Search Engines

    • Common Searching Methods on Search Engines

  • Relevance Ranking

    • Selected Search Engines

• Ethics of Performing Research

  • Ethical Theories

  • Ethics of Patricia Wynjenek's Research

• Conclusions

CASE STUDY: Patricia Wynjenek's Office

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