1. Research Diligent inquiry or examination in seeking facts or principles; laborious or continued search after truth; as, researches of human wisdom.

2. The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet. Aristotle

3. Research is creating new knowledge. Neil Armstrong

4. Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing. Wernher von Braun

5. If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it? Albert Einstein

6. How to Write results COMM 303- Research Methods

7. Final Paper Headings Title Page Abstract Literature review Methodology Results and Conclusions Bibliography

8. 1 st write frequencies Thirty four males and fifty seven females responded to the Survey. Thirteen freshman, twenty nine sophomores….

9. 2 nd – Write Significance for independent variables Sex – T-Test Class – ANOVA Relationship Type – ANOVA Other variables?

10. 2 nd – Write Significance for independent variables Males reported higher use of the internet when communicating with professors (m=4.75, p=.05, df=120). In addition, females reported more reluctance to communicate face-to-face when dealing with a difficult topic (m=3.65, p=.023, df=119).

11. Report 3 things ALWAYS Means (m=4.75) Significance (p=.05) Degrees of Freedom (df=120) Represented by ( N-1) the number of values minus one. “df” is closely linked to sample size and the number of groups being represented.

12. 2 nd – Write Significance for independent variables Males reported higher use of the internet when communicating with professors (m=4.75, p=.05, df=120). In addition, females reported more reluctance to communicate face-to-face when dealing with a difficult topic (m=3.65, p=.023, df=119).

13. Independent variable SEX MeansSigDegrees Of Freedom Q2M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.02398 Q4M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.01998 Q7 M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.00097 Table I

14. Final Presentation Sign –up Sheets 5-7 minutes Must include powerpoint 3 slides –Title/research question –Chart –Conclusion / limitations / future research

15. Title / Question Example “ Students’ use of e-mail to communicate to professors” “Can you hear me?: When do students use e-mail to contact professors?” “If you send an e-mail to a professor and there is no response, does it make noise”?

16. Independent variable SEX MeansSigDegrees Of Freedom Q2M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.02398 Q4M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.01998 Q7 M=3.05 F= 4.17 p=.00097

17. Conclusions / Limitations / Future Research Females more likely to e-mail profs Juniors more likely to e-mail