English Composition › Section M · The research process › Topic M.2
Creating sources: interviews, surveys, observation
Some research questions cannot be answered from a library shelf. When nobody has yet studied your campus, your town or your question, you create the evidence yourself through fieldwork, and the quality of that evidence depends on how carefully you design it.
In this topic
- When to create your own sources
- Planning fieldwork
- Choosing interviewees and writing a script
- During and after the interview
- Worked example: an interview script
- Designing a survey
- Worked example: repairing survey questions
- Observation
- Worked example: observations and speculations
- Using field data responsibly
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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