Graduate Student Howard Harmsworth Was Eager to Get Started with Data

question 21

Multiple Choice

Graduate student Howard Harmsworth was eager to get started with data collection for his Ph.D dissertation,but his supervisor told him to slow down and begin by finding some "empty boxes." What is Howard's supervisor telling him to do?

• A) Draw conceptual categories from pre-existing theory
• B) Open coding files
• C) Open files for analytical memos
• D) Develop the physical infrastructure for storing data
• E) Find unanswered questions in pre-existing literature

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