Primary Research Method

What do I want to discover?
By giving out a survey to many individuals I hope to discover why there has become a disrespect for the US after 9/11 as well as why nationalism may have lead to this.

How do I plan on discovering it? (This is called your research methods or methodology)
I plan on discovering this by asking thought provoking questions. These questions will hopefully cause detailed responses that will lead to other realizations by me. 

Who am I going to talk to/observe/survey? (These people are called your subjects or participants)
I am going to survey people around me such as friends and family as well as any bloggers I come across that seem to know anything on the subject. By getting opinions from people who focus a lot on the subject, I think it will be very useful to me.

How am I going to be able gain access to these groups or individuals?
Any US citizen knows the relative idea of what is going on in Iraq and has been since after 9/11. Because of this, anyone can be useful to survey. The people through the internet will be harder to get access to and that is why I will use people I know as well. That way, I will at least have some useful results and possible explanations.

What are my biases about this topic?
I am not in favor of this war so it might be difficult for me to see many views on the other side. After 9/11 our country slowly began falling apart and there could be various reasons for that. This current war has caused a lot of controversy and because of this I feel that

How can I make sure my biases are not reflected in my research methods?
By asking questions that are open ended, my opinion will not shine through. After getting all of the information i will have to piece it all together and this is where my biases might come in. I will have to analyze the information and use it in my paper without putting my personal opinion into it.

What do I expect to discover?
I expect to discover why US citizens are slowly starting to disrespect this country even more and more. Granted a lot has to do with the war in Iraq, why arent people more supportive of it since men and women are fighting for us and many of them are coming back injured?

2 comments July 21, 2008