communication science (sbb3802) lecture notes - week 3

8/9/2019 COMMUNICATION SCIENCE (SBB3802) LECTURE NOTES - Week 3

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SCIENCE COMMUNICATION

Week 3

Dr. Edlic SathiamurthyNo. 6, Annex. FST

[email protected]


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Week Lecture Activities Hour

1 Introduction 15 minutes 2

- ourse a m an o ec ves

-Course focus

-Instruction and assessment method etc.

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essay on course

objectives

Form groups and

person2 Fundamentals of Communication 5msp 3

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-Ethics

3 Practical Aspect of Communication 1 5msp 3-

4 Practical Aspect of Communication 2

- How to design a poster

Designing a poster

exercise

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os er op c5 Scientific research methodology 1

-Qualitative and quantitative

5msp 3

- n uct ve an e uct ve approac

-Research process-Research design


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Adolph A. Isler


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Is this hard work?

West Virginia State Archives


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Fortunatelyortunately,dataatamininginingis nots not


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source

information a a m n ng e process o ex rac ng

data out of its source

What and where are the sources ofscientific data?


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from your experiment or survey

others

data

literature


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Not cut and paste job!!


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Types of

Scientific Literature


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A. Primary publications

escr e e or g na o serva ons o an exper men .

Appear in periodical or serial publications or "journals"

Summarize, describe, or discuss these first reports More variable than primary publications

C. Laboratory Records

Not generally accessible nc u es or g na a ora ory recor s an no e oo s

These notes are an obligation by the experimenter tokeep records of what has been done and what has

happened Most important part of the permanent records

is built


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D. Technical Papers

conclusion the work is described in a "technicalpaper"

r e repor escr ng e wor n as muc e a as

will ever appear in the public literature Paper usually includes:

a statement of the problem

a description of the experimental results

a summary of the results

a section on the interpretations or discussion of the results

a list of reference to the cited literature

experimental works

Permit evaluation of work as well as repetition by

Technical papers appear in journals.


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E. Review Articles

any papers appear eac year a no one can opeto follow the entire literature on a particular subject

A valuable aid is the review article

Attempts to summarize and evaluate some smallsegment of the literature

The author of a review article examines all availablepapers on the subject in great depth and prepares asummar of current thinkin in the field as he sees it

A review paper:

covers writings and publications of recent years

includes a large number of references to enable the reader toconsult primary publications

may be at any level of technicality


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F. Monographs and Symposia

one subject Any monograph today is usually a long review

loosely organized but generally contributorssummarize the work of the their lab, or comment on

Minutes" of such meetings whether formal or

transcriptions of formal discussions can beexceedin l valuable

G. Abstracts No one can hope to read every issue of every

Most primary publications have abstracts proceedingeach article

ne or wo paragrap summary o a ec n ca paper


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Journals references One of the most important references for scientific

research

Abstract Introduction

Statement of purpose

Methodology

Subjects Design (how the subjects are arranged prior to a statistical

analysis)

Materials Procedure

Results Discussion Conclusion References


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What is an Abstract?

Summary of the entire journal article

Provides the following information:

A description of the individuals who served as

participants A brief explanation of what the participants did during

the study

summary o e mpor an resu s Reading the abstract will help you to get an


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Examine this journal paper


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What is an Introduction?

It could be long or short

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literature

projects

The review also provides background information

Statements of purpose - rational for studying

This is one of the most important parts since it

explains the research aim


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oo a s n ro uc on .

You will notice that it givessome background concerningland use change and its

hydrological impact in WestAfrica.

Does that descriptionrelated to the journal article

title?

Can you identify andsummarize the main points


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What is Methodology?

Detail explanations on how a study wasconducted

Should contain enough information so that areader could duplicate the study

To accomplish this goal the author addresses

himself to 5 questions: Object or phenomenon what is being studied

Experimental Concept

xper men a es gn Materials - description of instrument

- ,when, and how many times


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Object or phenomenon what is being studied Indicates how many were studied

How they were selected (were they selected randomly?)

Experimental Concept , . . .

inductive vs. deductive; deterministic, probabilistic or stochastic;systematic or chaos

Experimental Design Parameters used (variables and constants) Models and equations used

Arrangement of parameters and how they are related and what

Types of statistical analysis and test done

Materials - description of instrument -

consistently upon repeated measurement? Validity - deals with whether the instrument is truly measuring the

specific trait that it is supposed to measure

Procedure

How was the study conducted; where, when, and how many times


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Results Discussion Conclusion Results - three main ways to present the results of the

statistical anal sis: Description; Tabular summary; Graph (figure)

Discussion - how results turn out (interpretation)

The purpose implies a research question and the discussionshould provide a direct answer to that question

Possible reasons why the results failed

Suggest ideas for further research

Gives an overall implication of the research

References


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paper is systematically divided intosections that are logically related?

Wh do ou think it is arran ed in

such a way?

Can you explain how the sectionsare related to each other i.e. fromIntroduction down to Conclusion?


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www.ferris.edu/htmls/

Biolo /ResearchScience/Index.cfm


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journal article: Modeling the hydrological-

Explain how it is structured

s e ma n po n s rom eac sec on

List down what data you can get from

each section Submit b 30 Jul 2009


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