INLS 780-001 Research Methods

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Jan 12 Course Overview; Introduction to Empirical Research

Jan 14 Research in ILS

  • Hernon & Schwartz (2007)
  • O'Connor & Park (2001)
  • Williams & Winston (2003)

Jan 19 No Class

Jan 21 Evaluating Research

  • Pyrczak (pp. 1-11; 37-57; 129-145)
  • DUE: Exercise 1 [Read Bao (2003); Shachaf & Horowitz (2006); Marby (2003)]

Jan 26 Research Questions, Problems and Hypotheses

  • Babbie, Chs. 4-5

Jan 28 Research Questions, Problems and Hypotheses

  • DUE: Exercise 2 [Read Rieh (2002)]

Feb 02 Theory

  • Fiske (2004)
  • Bates (2005)
  • 5 Theories from Fisher, et al. (2005)

Feb 04 Measurement

Feb 09 Measurement

  • Lin (2008)

Feb 11 Measurement

  • Babbie, Ch. 7
  • Pyrczak, (pp. 61-82)

Feb 16 Sampling

  • DUE: Problem Statement

Feb 18 Sampling

Feb 23 Problem Statement Workshop and Start Survey Discussion

  • DUE: Peer Reviews

Feb 25 Surveys

  • Babbie, Chs. 9, 6

March 02 Experiments

  • Babbie, Ch. 8
  • Joho & Jose (2008)

March 04 Experiments

March 09 Spring Break

March 11 Spring Break

March 16 Content Analysis

  • Babbie, Ch. 11 (pp. 312-323)
  • Marshall (1997)

March 18 Content Analysis

  • DUE: Literature Review

March 23 Interviews

  • Babbie, Ch. 10
  • Agosto & Hughes-Hassell (2005)
  • Amin, et al. (2008)

March 25 Interviews

March 30 Qualitative Data Analysis

  • Babbie, Ch. 13

April 01 Qualitative Data Analysis

April 06 Quantitative Data Analysis

  • Babbie, Chs. 14, 15

April 08 Quantitative Data Analysis

April 13 Quantitative Data Analysis

  • DUE: Draft of Proposal

April 15 Ethics

  • Babbie, Ch. 3
  • Belmont Report (Ryan, et al., 1979)

April 20 Proposal Workshop

  • DUE: Peer Reviews

April 22 Ethics

April 27 Wrap-up, Review, Course Evaluations

April 29 No Class, Proposal Due 5:00 PM

May 04 Final Exam