RSH9102B-4 External, Internal, and Construct Validity November 1, 2009
Posted by thinkphd in : RSH9102B , trackbackI took a little different approach to collecting research and pulling together my 4th paper in NCU’s RSH9102B. I recently downloaded MS Office 2007, and one of the programs in the suite is OneNote. OneNote is essentially an electronic notebook that you can use to copy/paste/collect info in one place. It took a few minutes to figure out how to set up my notebook, but essentially I created a tab for this activity, and divided it up into sections (External Validity, Internal Validity, Construct Validity, Syllabus info).
My standard method of working through these types of assignments is reading the book and collecting notes, quotes, and critical info in a paper notebook. It is a lot of writing but I am so used to writing and learning at the same time that it comes as second nature. I really like the way I can copy and paste into OneNote, instead of recreating diagrams in my paper notebook. I especially like the search function. For example, in this activity, there was a good bit of defining the terms, and each author (Creswell, Trochim & Donnelly, Zikmund, and Cozby) defined the terms a little differently. They all also identified shades of threats to validity. I was able to type all this info into the tabs and then search for the terms when I was ready to put them in the paper.
Based on this experience with OneNote, I think I will use it again for future essays. I did not use any of the templates, but I think I might try one of the academic templates or create my own. MS Office online even has a Cornell Note Taking template!
Oh, and I did turn in Activity 4 tonight. I am looking ahead to Activity 5, which is another read-and-answer-the-questions thing. I am to read Zikmund chapter 13 and answer questions 1-6, then Zikmund chapter 14 and answer questions 1-8, and 13.
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