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·Doallimportantstrutheresearchhavecleartheoretiitions?Areallvariablesoperationallydefined?
·Isitclearthatthestrudvariablesriatefortheresearch?
·Isinformationprovidedgtheresearchvariablesahatrepresentthem?
·Isenoughinformationprovidedforreaderstodetermikindsofscaleshavebeenusedforeachvariable?
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Findings
Ofthe(e)___________________,30perttlyhadpart-timejobs,20perthadhadpart-timejobs,buthalfhadneverdoneanywuysemesters(seeTable1)。(f)___________________orereheirreasthejobs。Themostonreasonwaslao),butmassaidthattheyfoundtheworkusefulexperie)and)___________________soefits(12pert)。
&udentswithworkexperieaskedabouttheeffectsoftheworkoudies。Asignifit(h)___________________(64pert)claimedthattherewereiveeffectsatall。However,24pertsaidthattheiracademicworksuffered(i)___________________,whileasmall(j)___________________(12pert)reportedseriousadverseresults,suchastireduresandfallingmarks。
Further(k)___________________examiureoftheworkthatthestudentsdid。Thevarietyofjobsrisingfromvaobusker,butthemost(l)__________________areasweregandbarwork(44perdsecretarialwork(32pert)。Moststudeween10and15hoursperweek,thoughtwo(8pert)workedover25hours。Ratesofpaywere(m)___________________ionalminimumwage,andaveraged£6。20perhour。
Thefiiostoentontheirexperie-timeert)madethepointthatstudentsshouldbegivessothattheytrateoudiesfull-time,butothersfeltthattheygaihingfromtheexperience,suchasmeetinginginsightsintovariousworkes。Ohatshehadmethertboyfriendwhilewinatrerestaurant。
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1。Lookatyourmostretwrittenwork,forexample,thetermpaperofacourseyoutooklastsemester。Rereaditandaskyourselfthequestiohechetionedabove。
2。Ytoprepareasurveyohefollowioryousultyourteacherstochooseatopictoyourtaste。
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(2)Studentsatisfawithteagmethods
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