Skills for Study Level 2 Teacher's Book - Cambridge University Press

4hSuggested answerProbably not realistic. Carla has given herself too much time, perhaps, tocomplete the proposal and analyze her results, while she seems to haveunderestimated how long it will take to write drafts of the completed work. Shemight struggle to recruit so many respondents in just three days, and interviewthem in two. She has left no time for revisions.4iSuggested answersType of sourceReferences for texts by key thinkersReferences for the texts which you know you will definitely use inthe final reportReferences to useful texts which you have not read yet but areplanning to useReferences only for texts which you have read thoroughlyReferences to texts which give general background information onthe topicInclude?YesYesYesNoYes4jSuggested answers• Introduction is reasonable: it gives background, sets the context for the study,and outlines the aim.• Research questions seem reasonable: they are the kind of questions thatwould need to be asked to yield the data needed; they are neither too broadnor too narrow (though there is an issue with practicality given the timeline).• Literature review is problematic. It identifies key works, but does not explainor compare them in enough detail, or give a sense of how the proposedresearch fits into the literature. It is much too short.• Method section explains the approach chosen, and the reasoning for it. Itclearly explains the sample and procedure for the study, but does not explainlimitations. It could arguably also go into more detail about exactly how therespondent households will be recruited. One big problem with the method (orpossibly the design of the study) is that there is no explanation of exactly howthe respondents will measure exactly how much water they are using, thoughpresumably this is a key part of the study.• The expected results section is written in incautious language and is thereforeinappropriate.• It is debatable whether the timeline is realistic; however, the time frameoverall seems rather short for such an ambitious study, and this hasconsequences for the amount of time budgeted for each stage. Also, theauthor has overlooked a number of important steps in the timeline (analyzingdata, completing a first draft and so on), which gives the impression that ithas not been very carefully thought through.Unit 2 Part C ∙ Investigating 56