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What Is a Research Paper? |
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Overview: What Is a Research Paper? |
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Learning, Thinking, and Research Papers |
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5 | (1) |
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Sources of evidence and types of research projects |
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Step 1: The Researcher's Notebook |
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Step 2: Deciding on the Research Question/Assumption That You Are Going to Test |
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Step 3: Formulating Your Research Question/Assumption |
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Step 4: Formulating Your Working Hypothesis/Thesis |
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Strategy 1: Discovering your assumptions about your area of investigation |
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Strategy 2: Turning judgmental statements into inferences |
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Strategy 3: Defining your terms |
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Step 5: Choosing Your Research Strategy---Research Questions |
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A Few More Words about Research Projects and Testing |
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A review or a review of the literature paper |
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Planning Ahead: Developing a Work Schedule |
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Sources: Where do I find what I need to know? |
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52 | (8) |
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What to expect and how to manage |
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Bibliographic ``filing'' systems |
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Searching for potential sources |
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Searches by subject and keyword |
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What your search will produce |
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Evaluating Online Sources |
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Information to Record about Electronic Sources |
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Reading Critically and Taking Notes |
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Reading Actively and Critically: An Overview |
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Determining the quality of your sources |
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Deciding what to read first |
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Coping with difficult material |
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Reading to Understand What an Author is Doing and Saying |
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Questions to ask about what an author is doing |
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Questions to ask about what an author is saying |
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Writing to comprehend what you are reading |
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Keeping Track of the Evidence: An Overview |
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Creating Files and a Cataloging System |
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Creating a Working Bibliography |
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Writing Summaries (with a Few Words about Annotated Bibliographies) |
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Recording Specific Pieces of Information |
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Specifics about the author's views |
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Dealing with material an author has taken from other sources |
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The Writing Process: An Overview |
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Working from whole to part |
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Writing an abstract: Your first rough draft |
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A Report on a Study or Experiment |
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The first section: Introduction, review of the literature, statement of the hypothesis |
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The second section: A description of your study, including data and methodology |
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The third section: Results, discussion, conclusions |
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Appendixes and the reference list |
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General guidelines for writing the report |
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A Review or a Review of the Literature Paper |
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Developing your thesis statement |
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Writing an abstract of your paper: Your first rough draft |
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Creating a map of the territory |
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158 | (5) |
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May I Use the First Person in My Paper? and Other Issues Related to Style |
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How to and How Not to Incorporate Your Evidence into Your Paper |
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If You Don't Use and Acknowledge Your Sources Properly, You May End Up Plagiarizing |
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Common sources of unintentional plagiarism |
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Using and Acknowledging Your Sources ... Properly |
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Use what you need, where you need it---and document what you've used |
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Using discrete pieces of information |
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Summarizing the work of others |
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Experts openly acknowledge their sources in the body of their papers, so should you |
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Summarizing the work and ideas of another expert: How experienced writers do it |
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Using direct quotations properly |
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186 | (8) |
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Polishing Your Final Draft |
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Copyediting and Proofreading: Some Strategies |
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195 | (3) |
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Copyediting and Proofreading: Issues to Consider |
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198 | (3) |
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Documenting Your Sources: The Basics |
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Choosing a Documentation Style |
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Understanding Documentation Systems and Styles |
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The two basic premises of documentation |
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Basic systems and styles of documentation |
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212 | (1) |
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In-text or parenthetical citations |
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What You Need to Know about Style Guides and Manuals |
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What You Need to Know About... |
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221 | (4) |
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Documenting parts of books |
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227 | (3) |
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230 | (3) |
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Documenting material downloaded from computers |
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238 | (4) |
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Documenting other types of sources |
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242 | (2) |
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When It's Time to Document Sources in a Paper |
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244 | (12) |
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Putting together your final list |
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248 | (4) |
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Some general comments on in-text or parenthetical citations |
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252 | (2) |
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Some general comments about explanatory notes |
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254 | (2) |
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256 | (21) |
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256 | (2) |
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258 | (4) |
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258 | (1) |
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Variations of the basic form |
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259 | (3) |
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Forms for Sources on the List of Works Cited |
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262 | (13) |
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Part of a book, including reference works |
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264 | (3) |
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Articles from journals and magazines |
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267 | (2) |
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269 | (1) |
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Web sites and other electronic sources |
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270 | (3) |
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273 | (2) |
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The Final List of Works Cited, including a Sample |
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APPENDIX B The CMS Notes & Bibliography Style |
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How the CMS Notes & Bibliography Style Works |
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277 | (2) |
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279 | (6) |
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Basic information about notes |
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First and subsequent notes |
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Forms for subsequent notes |
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282 | (3) |
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Forms for Sources in First Notes and Bibliography |
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285 | (16) |
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Differences between first notes and the bibliography entry |
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285 | (1) |
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286 | (4) |
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Part of a book, including reference works |
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290 | (4) |
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Articles from journals and magazines |
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294 | (1) |
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295 | (2) |
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Web sites and other electronic sources |
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297 | (4) |
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The Final Bibliography, including a Sample |
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301 | (3) |
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304 | (19) |
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304 | (2) |
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In-Text Reference Citations |
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306 | (5) |
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Variations of the basic form |
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307 | (4) |
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Forms for Sources on the Reference List |
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311 | (10) |
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Part of a book, including reference works |
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314 | (2) |
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Articles from journals and magazines |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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Web sites and other electronic sources |
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319 | (2) |
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The Final Reference List, including a Sample |
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APPENDIX D Scientific Styles: The CMS Author-Date Style and Two Systems in the CSE Style |
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323 | (1) |
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The CMS Author-Date Style |
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324 | (16) |
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How the CMS author-date style works |
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324 | (2) |
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326 | (1) |
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326 | (1) |
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Variations of the basic form |
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327 | (3) |
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Forms for sources on the reference list |
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330 | (1) |
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330 | (2) |
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332 | (2) |
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Articles from journals and magazines |
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Web sites and other electronic sources |
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The final reference list, including a sample |
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338 | (2) |
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CSE Systems: Name-Year and Citation-Sequence |
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340 | (22) |
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340 | (2) |
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342 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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Variations of the Basic Form |
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343 | (2) |
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The citation-sequence system |
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345 | (2) |
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Forms for sources on the reference list |
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347 | (1) |
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347 | (3) |
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350 | (3) |
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Articles from journals and magazines |
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353 | (2) |
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355 | (2) |
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Web sites and other electronic sources |
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357 | (2) |
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The final reference list, including samples for both systems |
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359 | (3) |
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Determining What You Need |
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362 | (2) |
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Preparing for the Interview |
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Educating yourself about the subject matter of the interview |
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364 | (1) |
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Preparing an interview script |
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364 | (2) |
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Pilot testing the interview |
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366 | (1) |
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Contacting potential interviewees |
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367 | (1) |
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368 | (1) |
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369 | (2) |
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371 | (73) |
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``Willa Cather: Challenging the Canon.'' MLA style |
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372 | (22) |
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``The Forgotten Women: British Nurses, VADs, and Doctors across the Channel during World War I.'' CMS Notes & Bibliography Style |
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394 | (21) |
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``A Paradigm of Social Sorting Rituals: Differences between Leaders and Outcasts.'' APA Style |
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415 | (19) |
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``An Investigation of Human Diving: How Do the Ama Avoid Decompression Sickness?'' CSE Name-Year Style |
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