Thursday, July 12, 2007

D#5, HW#9 - Research Plan

Specific data I want to collect:

Statistics regarding frequency of depression in general populace.
Statistics of absenteeism in those with mental disorders vs. non-disordered
Statistics of company intervention/assistance in employee mental disorder

Write out my complete personal experience with depression in the workplace, figure out how/where in the argument this data will be most persuasive

Case studies of companies that have implemented practices promoting mental well-being vs those who have not

Brief email interviews with HR rep from old company and hometown psychological counselor (determine what type of info I want, then plan 2 to 3 questions for each)



Statistics and case studies will be found through library research. Specifically, popular psychology databases have been most helpful so far. PsychINFO among others. My personal experiences and surveys of the mentioned professionals will require time to plan/write out. Some of my personal experience is already included with my draft of WP#1. Completing library research must happen by the due date of WP#2 final draft. Completed surveys must be collected by July 25. Breaking it down, statistics will be collected in next 2 days (by 7/15), case studies and secondary sources by 7/18. Personal experience fully collected by 7/23.

1 comment:

Jessica said...

I think your topic is very interesting and very important to colelge students in general because so many of us (colelge kids) struggle with some form of depression.