Transcript Selling an Idea or a Product

Graziano and Raulin
Website Resources
Graziano and Raulin
Research Methods: Website
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Accessing the Web Site
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Connecting to the Internet
– Connecting through the University
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Using on-campus facilities
From home on your own PC
– Connecting though one of the commercial online
services (e.g., AOL or your cable company)
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Using a graphical browser program
– Such as Netscape, Internet Explorer, or Firefox
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Using a Browser Program
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The three most commonly used Browser
programs are
– Netscape Navigator (www.netscape.com)
– Internet Explorer (www.microsoft.com)
– Mozilla Firefox (www.mozilla.org)
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All are available free of charge
You probably already have Internet Explorer
if you have the Windows operating system
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Internet Explorer
Interface
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Netscape Interface
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Firefox Interface
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Learning to Use a
Browser
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Experiment
– Try the menus to see what they have available
– Use the help menu to answer questions
– Try the buttons to see what they do
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Find a knowledgeable friend and ask for a
quick lesson
– 10 minutes of hands-on instruction and an hour
playing around and you will look like a pro
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What is a URL?
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URL stands for Universal Resource Locator
– A complicated name for the address of the web
site
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Going to a specific URL
– If you know the URL, you can go to it directly by
entering it into your Browser program
– You can save the URL for a site you visit
regularly as a bookmark (in Netscape or Firefox)
or a favorite (in Internet Explorer)
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Search Engines
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Search Engines are specific web sites that
specialize in searching the web for you
Several popular search engines exist
– Google, Ask Jeeves, Alta Vista, Search, Excite,
Yahoo, HotBot, and more
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You may want to link to each of these
search engines and then save them as
bookmarks to make future searches easier
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Graziano & Raulin Student
Resource Website
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Address (URL):
– www.ablongman.com/graziano6e
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Good idea to list this address as one of
your bookmarks or favorites to
facilitate repeated access
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What is on the Website?
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Interactive Study Guide/Lab Manual
Several tutorials, many with animations
Practice quizzes and flashcards
Supplementary material organized by
chapter
Statistical coverage
Links to hundreds of relevant sites
Resources for the Instructor
Evaluation form for the text
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Summary
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The Internet provides numerous
resources to supplement this course
– The website for the course textbook
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www.ablongman.com/graziano6e
Browser programs make web surfing
fast, easy, and fun
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