Posted by Question on March 23, 2005 at 20:11:49
In Reply to: Re: Are you really doing your research? posted by Monika Kosz on March 23, 2005 at 12:27:45:
Sorry, I don't buy it.
You don't seem to understand. This is not about my/our need to discuss, and it is not about your not needing to discuss. It is about the need for you to discuss with us when doing research. You cannot ask such meaningless open questions without presenting points of reference. You must have data for comparison and analysis of answers, objectives for collecting data?
If you are depending on testimonies of people to validate your ideas, then what is it we are supposed to validate?
If there is nothing to validate ("prove" is the word you used) and no set objectives, your questions still do not match. You are not asking where you can find additonal information in response to answers you have received, so you can do some research work on your own. You give no reference points, and ask for none.
Sorry to be blunt. Your research is supposed to be about organisational structure but you are conducting yourself more as a curious journalist in junior high school. If your excuse is that you have read conflicting material and therefore need to conduct an interview to sort through the conflicting information, your questions do not match such an explanation at all. They resemble someone who is doing next to nothing for herself.