Phil Druker
/ University of Idaho
English 317
Analysis
1.
Critique
other people’s work
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note fallacies (generalizations, slippery slope, circular reasoning, faulty cause and effect) |
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note
weak logic |
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critique
basic assumptions |
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critique
methods |
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critique
data (you need to do primary research to do this) |
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critique
analysis (or lack thereof) |
2.
Synthesis
– present more than one researcher’s information
(from secondary research)
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What
do other authors think about your or your source’s methods, data,
analysis, topic? |
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Do
more than summarize. |
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Evaluate
your source’s ideas |
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Explain
how their ideas support/ oppose each other and your ideas. |
3.
Explain
your data.
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What
do your data mean? |
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Why are your data significant? |
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How
is your work/information limited? applicable? |
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How/when do my data apply? |
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To which situation do they not apply? |
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To which situations are your data more or less relevant? |
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Now that you have presented your data, what should
you |
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Compare and contrast |
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Consider/explain
feasibility |
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Will it work? Why? Why not? |
4..
Consider
dealing with these important questions:
| Why
are the facts/data important? |
| How
do the facts/data relate to your main point/your situation? |
| What
does this (the information you present) cause? |
| What
do the facts/data show? |
| How do your data compare with other people's work, with published work, with the control... |
5.
Use
transitions to emphasize your analysis:
thus, therefore, consequently, from these data,
however, this shows . . . .