EDUR 9131
Doctoral Research Methods

Course Index, Syllabus, and Calendar
Spring 2018

Instructor: Bryan W. Griffin
Personal web page: http://www.bwgriffin.com

Announcements:  

Changes April 11

1. Added Factor Analysis readings 

Changes March 28

1. Adjusted calendar to reflect better date of final on-campus meeting.

2. April 2 we will cover coder agreement measures - see readings on Scorer-rater, Inter-judge Agreement.

Changes March 20

1. Adding readings for Coding Open-ended Responses and Reliability of Raters (see weeks 9, 10, 11 on the Calendar)

Changes March 1

1. Added reading materials on Sample Size  (see week 8 in the Calendar)

2. Added Presentation notes on Sample Size   (see week 8 in the Calendar)

3. Added videos on presentation notes on Sample Size  (see week 8 in the Calendar)

Changes Feb 26

1. Added Effect Size calculator spreadsheet (see Week 7 on calendar)

Changes Feb 19

1. Added readings on Effect Size

2. Added presentations to calendar (in addition to posting presentations in Discussion Forum of Folio)

Course Index (check frequently for alterations)

A. Course Administration

1. Syllabus 
2. Course Calendar and Reading Assignments -- see D below.
3. Creating PDFs Files

B. Activities that count toward course grade

1. Test 1: Posted in Folio two weeks before the due date of  March 18; topics include all content covered through Sample Size Determination.
2. Test 2: Will be posted in Folio two weeks before the due date of April 30; topics include all content covered in the course.
3. Activity 1:  Research Project: This is a group activity and will be due as a PDF attachment on April 23; see timeline and instructions on the linked page.
   • Topic Assignments: Group Topics (too be added) -- See this link to learn which constructs were assigned to your group.
   • An example of a completed research project can be viewed here: sample research project manuscript.
   • A sample questionnaire that can be used as a guide can be found here: Dissertation Process Questionnaire. 
   • Andy Field (U. of Sussex) requires a similar project. He provides useful insight into the steps one must take to develop a questionnaire so I recommend you review his project instructions: Design a Questionnaire

C. Activities that do not count toward course grade

• Activity 2 (Individual, non-graded) Instrument Construction Steps (due Jan 27; Instructor note - see changes for post spring 2018)
• Activity 3 (Individual, non-graded) Correlation and t-test; perform analyses of data found below to ensure your findings match those provided in the answers.
• Correlation (answers)
• One and Two Samples t-test (answers; work only with items 1 and 4; items 2 and 3 are one-sample t-test)
• Correlated Samples t-test (answers)
• Activity 4 (Individual, non-graded) Internal Consistency (Internal Consistency data)
• Activity 5 (Individual, non-graded) Composite Scores (SPSS data file)
• Activity 6 (Individual, non-graded) Effect Sizes (to be developed; due date to be determined)
• Activity 7 (Individual, non-graded) Sample Size Calculations (o be developed; due date to be determined)
• Activity 8 (Individual, non-graded) Coding Open-ended Responses (due date to be determined). 
• Activity 9 (Individual, non-graded) Regression Analysis (to be developed; due date to be determined)
• Activity 10 (Individual, non-graded) Factor Analysis (to be developed; due date to be determined)

D. Course Calendar and Content

Note: Calendar topics may be altered or relocated to reflect realized course pace during Spring 2018.