Assignments for English 4521

Research Question Paper

10 %

  • Use what you have learned from our sessions on Text Analysis with R, NGram, or Voyant tools and come up with a research question you can answer using a corpus available on one of these programs
  • Write out your question and how you are going to use the data possible to answer it
  • Write a 2-3 page paper focusing on your methods and how you will turn data into findings

 Keyword Search Project

10%

  •  Pick an archive to work from (digital or print)
  • Search for texts that will provide you sources to answer your research question
  •  Write about your positionality and how it influences how you searched.
  • Switch research questions with five other people and write about your experience there.
  • Write about the experiences and the differences between what the searches brought up

 

Complicate-a-Graph

10%

  •  Make a simple graph that shows the data you found in answer to a research question
  • Change the graph to include something so that it demonstrates a nuance in your findings

Research Proposal

20%

  •  8-10 page proposal for research on your topic
  • Peer Review required

Research Paper

30%

  •  15-20 page research paper including computer-based methods 
  • Peer Review Required

Research Community Presentation

20%

  •  Do research on the community that your sources came from.  
  • Invite the class to be immersed in the community for 20 minutes, including whatever feels appropriate

 

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