Monday, September 24, 2012

Week 5 Quantitative Research



Organizing thoughts for readings examples etc. this week.

  1. Meet with Brandon via google hangout at start of class. 
    1. Bring questions and thoughts from our discussion of his thesis last week.  
    2. Bring questions about research and thesis work in general
    3. Other questions for student in PhD program
  2. Prepare for discussion of readings
    1. We will use the two readings as examples to think about illustrations of steps in the research process, of decisions about what to do with data, how to ask questions.  
    2. Do  your best to understand the research cycle steps as they apply to both studies
      1. wonder, conceptualize, theorize, operationalize, etc.
    3. Consider that both studies are quantitative but differ in their focus in terms of description and explanation.
    4. Discuss issues from chapters of Neuman book on their own and as they relate to the example research.
  3. Look ahead to quiz coming up for this weekend.  Example questions from last year are posted online. 
    1. Quiz 1 from last year
    2. Quiz 2 from last year
    3. This year will be parts of 1 combined with parts of 2, with something new. . .

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