Week 4: Checkpoint - Avoiding Plagiarism

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Catherine Gourley, in Climb the research Ladder, introduces the "research ladder" (19) as questions that should be asked, and addressed, in a research paper.  The first rung of the ladder seeks to address who, what, when, and where questions.  The second rung of the research ladder addresses the why and how questions.  The final rung is for rhetorical questions “in order to make a point” (19).

 

References

Gourley, C. (2002). Climb the research ladder: Here's how to plan a research paper based on questions you want to answer.  Weekly Reader Corp., 25(3), 19. Retrieved February  22, 2005, from InfoTrac OneFile database

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Modern research papers have changed over the years, argues Catherine Gourley in Climb the research ladder, to focus more on providing a substantive response to real questions.  There are three categories of questions that a researcher might ask that can all be categorized into the “research ladder” (19).  On the first rung of the ladder the researcher establishes some of the foundational information.  This would include the answers to who, what, where and when.  On the second rung of the ladder the questions answered become why and how.  These are typically not the types of questions that can be found in reference material, but must be gleaned through analysis of a number of sources.  The final rung of the ladder is the asking of rhetorical questions to make a point.  In conclusion, the next research paper should begin with addressing the initial questions to be answered.  This should begin with the first rung questions, which will give enough information to create and answer the second rung questions.  Once the two rungs have been addressed then an opinion can be made and the final rung can be used to persuade the audience (19).

 

References

Gourley, C. (2002). Climb the research ladder: Here's how to plan a research paper based on questions you want to answer.  Weekly Reader Corp., 25(3), 19. Retrieved February  22, 2005, from InfoTrac OneFile database

 

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Catherine Gourley in Climb the research ladder makes the claim: “Today's research is all about fending answers to real questions” (19).

 

References

Gourley, C. (2002). Climb the research ladder: Here's how to plan a research paper based on questions you want to answer.  Weekly Reader Corp., 25(3), 19. Retrieved February  22, 2005, from InfoTrac OneFile database




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