Options:
A) Click on the link for any Week to view the PowerPoint Slides
in the Browser.
Note: These are optimized for Internet Explorer and do NOT
display well in Netscape.
B) "RIGHT Click" on the PPT
link, then choose "Save Target As" to download the PowerPoint files
to your PC (you can then print as "handouts" - up to 6 to a page - or
print an "outline" version).
Consider bringing copies to class for your teammates!
| Option A | Option B |
Topics Covered |
| Introduction to Research Methods and "Learning Teams," The Nature of Science | ||
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In-Class Practice RAT, Knowledge, Concepts,Theories & Paradigms, Setting Grade Weights I | ||
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Readiness Assessment Test 1 (RAT1); Philosophy of Science, The Nature of Causality, Comm Dept. "Welcome Back" Reception (second half of class, Johnson Center) | ||
| Variables, RQs & Hypotheses, Operationalization of Variables/Concepts, Making Teams Work I | ||
| (RAT2), More on RQs, Hypotheses, Operationalization, Intro to Surveys | ||
| Constructing Surveys - Decisions re: Questions, Items, & Scales | ||
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(RAT3), Surveys: Items, Scales, & Layout, Ethics in Research
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(Finish) Surveys, (Finish) Ethics, Textual Analysis | ||
| (RAT4), Finish Textual Analysis | ||
| Experiments & Experimental Design I; Descriptive Statistics | ||
| (RAT5), Experiments, Statistics | ||
| Inferential Statistics (with t-test examples) | ||
| (RAT6), Inferential Statistics: ANOVA, Regression, Correlation | ||
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Week 14 | Thanksgiving - No Class | |
| Naturalistic Inquiry & Qualitative Methods; Intellectual Development |