186 Assignment : Data-Transition Plan Shifting gears from proposal writing to thesis writing mode

• 1. The TQAK challenge (your SRP Title, Question, Answer and Key Term/Concept definitions).

• 2. A timeline of your SRP tasks (e.g., completion of interviews, survey, GIS, other data collection; analysis, write up, poster, expo)

• 3. Evidence (list of sources and timeline indicating when you will have the data in hand –see table)

• 4. Update entries in your on-line research portfolio

1. The TQAK challenge (spelling out your SRP Title, Question, Answer and Key Term definitions).

In clear language, provide text on each of the following elements:

(a) Title of your SRP (no more than 15 words)(b) The precise question you are addressing (no more than one sentence)(c) The (tentative) answer to your question (no more than one sentence)(d) A definition of each key term you used in your SRP title and question (limit your list of key terms to 3, 4 or 5, and for each term limit your definition to 25-75 words).

Example

• (a) Community-based and University-based Systems of Innovation: A Comparative Analysis

• (b) To what extent do community-based systems of innovation in San Diego interact with university-based systems of innovation?

• • (c) Community-based and university-based systems of

innovation interact very little in San Diego; the situation constitutes an innovation gap disorder.

• (d) For this example, there are 3 key terms/concepts that need to be defined: Community-based Systems of Innovation, University-based Systems of Innovation, Innovation Gap Disorder. I define the first two below for illustration purposes.

Key term definitions• • Community Based Systems of Innovation‐ : CBSI is a diverse matrix of

relationships and resources (including socio economic, technical and cultural ‐capital) that enables collective problem solving, innovative solutions and transformative social change to emanate from the grassroots. CBSI is bottom up innovation linking knowledge to action—to meet basic needs for such things as food, water, energy, mobility, shelter, education, and health—through civically‐engaged processes of community development and governance.

• • University Based Systems of Innovation‐ : UBSI is the ensemble of knowledge discovery, research translation and inventiveness that emanates from scholarly disciplines and divisions (i.e., epistemic cultures) inside privileged academic institutions. UBSI tends to be top down innovation driven less by practical problem solving for public benefit (as in CBSI) and more by elite quests for basic understanding of particular objects of study, prospects for commercial success when it comes to applied work, and professional considerations including publication opportunities, career success and tenure.

2. A timeline of your SRP milestones (e.g., completion of interviews, survey, GIS, other data

collection; analysis, write up, poster, expo)

• Provide a bulleted outline, Gantt chart, or flow diagram of your SRP tasks milestones. You can learn how to do a Gantt chart (optional) using excel at : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CW_wGSFavTc

• Time moves swiftly. Plan to be done collecting all your data by the second week of the winter quarter. You’ll be required to turn in a complete draft of your SRP at the end of the fourth week: Jan 31, 2013 (so include that in your timeline). By the end of week 6 (Feb. 14, 2012) you’ll need to have uploaded a digital draft of your SRP poster (no need to print it out yet). Final copies of our SRP and Poster will be due on March 7th and March 14th respectively. Include these dates on your time line too. Populate your timeline with other major milestones (e.g., completion of interviews, survey, GIS, other data collection; analysis, write up, poster, expo).

3. Evidence (list of sources and timeline indicating when you will have the data in hand –see table)

•Describe and critically discuss your sources of data (i.e., the evidence you are mobilizing in support of your argument or position). Specifically,

•(a) Create a table (like the one shown below) that includes your sources of evidence (data), the strengths and weaknesses of your sources of data, info on what the data adds to your story (anticipated findings), and

•(b) Provide a brief one-page narrative summary (~350 words) of your table telling us how exactly you will go about getting this evidence (e.g., interview people at your internship or project site, observe meetings downtown at an agency headquarters, search an on-line archive, visit the archives of an off-campus organization, whatever). Include a note in this narrative that suggests a Plan B (if you cannot get the interview or survey data you hope to get what you will use instead?).

Evidence table

Source of Evidence Strength/Weakness How does this evidence fit into your

project (what value does this evidence add to your argument or position)?

Timeline (when will you be finished collecting

this evidence)?

1. Archival Records (be specific)

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4. Update entries in your on-line research portfolioGo into you online research portfolio and make sure all entries are current for the following fields:

• Research Project Title (enter your current title --how you will label your SRP)

• Area of Concentration (AOC)

• Key Terms (list up to five concepts you consider key to your study)

• Significance/Broader Impacts

• Fall Proposal (update the fall proposal abstract, this will be the last time you touch this section)

• References (update your list of references to better reflect where you are at now with your SRP)

• Links (update the links)

• Update the fields that call for a description of your SRPs evidence and spatial dimension

• Make sure you CITI training certificate is uploaded

• Make sure your internship contract is uploaded

Context

Main StoryYour overarching research narrative in the form of a question, argument, hypothesis, problem

Highlight 1• Evidence to be used

• Relevant theory• Relevant literature

The most pertinent forces (social, ecological, cultural, economic, institutional, spatial, etc.) that have a bearing on your story.

Highlight 2• Evidence to be used

• Relevant theory• Relevant literature

Highlight 3• Evidence to be used

• Relevant theory• Relevant literature