INLS 781, section 002, Fall 2016
Instructor: Dr. Hemminger
This planned schedule lists the assignments and readings for each of the topics we'll cover. Readings are listed in the order they should be read. Other readings or assignments may be assigned as appropriate.
Date |
Complete BEFORE Class (post work 2 HOURS before Class) |
We will work on DURING Class |
Tuesday |
Please do the following in preparation for the first class
|
Introduction to course and each other. |
Thursday 8/25 (02) |
Read Punch Chapter 7 (Tactics). Post initial proposal idea (1 page) on your class work page under "Proposal Idea". Choose two master papers you like as examples and post links on your class work page under "Two masters paper examples" and provide 2-3 sentences indicating why you like each one. |
Discuss Reading. Share your proposal and get feedback Self work on modifying your proposal. Begin searching for research papers releated to your proposal. |
Tuesday |
Post your draft Research Question on your class work page
under "Draft Research Question". |
Review Readings. |
Thursday 9/1 (04) |
Choose and post your finalized Research Question on your class work page
under "Research Question Final Draft". Read Punch Chapter 4 (The role of theory and dealing with the literature). | Discuss searching once you have a given research
question. Review Search Slides. In class small group searching practice. |
Tuesday |
Read Analyzing
the past to prepare for the future: Writing a literature
review Read Pratical Assessment, Research and Evaluation Do a literature search on your research question and identify and post your initial literature search plan (20+ articles), and writeup of our search parameters on your litreview subpage on your class work page under "Initial Literature Review". |
Discuss readings. |
Thursday 9/8 (06) |
Review faculty expertise, identify 2-3 potential faculty
advisers for your masters thesis. Post them to your class
work page under "Potential Faculty Advisors". Increase your literature review to include 50+ items (total). Group your literature into thematic sections. Post under "Literature Review 2nd Draft". See example under Joe Doe. |
Review choice of advisers. Run a whole EXPERIMENT from start to finish in one class!! |
Tuesday |
Post annotated bibliography version of literature
review. Each thematic section of you annotated bibliography
should contain a several paragraph description
of the scope and relevance of the
articles in that section. Please write
this draft in separate Google Doc and link it from your
class work page under "Literature Review Narrative
Draft". Be sure to make it publicly visible to everyone
with link. |
Review Qualitiatve results from last class' experiment Small group review of each group members literature review narrative draft. General discussion of proposal format. |
Thursday 9/15 (08) |
Have finalized advisor, including getting their
sign-off. Post a link your Google Doc initial draft of full proposal (Introduction, Literature Review drafts in place, rest stubbed out) in your class work page under "Draft of Full Proposal". See example under John Doe. Read Punch chapter 5 (Methods). Read either the Qualitative or the Quantitative Proposal Planning Guide Methodology. Then copy the appropriate version from John Doe subpages (Qualitative Methods Plan, or Qualitative Methods Plan) to a subpage of your class work page. When writing please use a different font or color so your responses stand out from the questions. |
General discussion of data collection methods, strengths
and weaknesses. Exericse: possible data collection methods Example to critique (?). |
Tuesday 9/20 (09) |
Post rough draft of research
design. Use Data
Collection Worksheet as a guideline. Copy the
section(s) relevant to your work and add your responses to
the questions. Make a new subpage under your class work
page entitled "Data Collection" to hold your work. Read, if appropriate, one chapter selected from Part II (Research Designs and Sampling. Additional recommended readings on the various data collection and analysis methods we'll discuss are available here; use this list to find additional information on the methods you'll be using. |
General discussion of research approaches/designs |
Thursday 9/22 (10) |
Post final draft of research design inside of your "Draft of Full
Proposal". Find two additional readings (and study them carefully). First one should be an explanation of the methodology (textbook, webpage, or methods paper. Second one should be a research paper that uses same/similar methodology (hopefully for a similar design). Post a link to both of these two papers in your class work page under "Two Readings with related Research Methods", and post your answers the questions listed for those two papers in Class Notes (under next class). |
Group discussion of strengths and weaknesses of selected data
collection methods. General discussion of IRB process and ethical challenges. |
Tuesday 9/27 (11) |
Read either Qualitative Analysis (Wildemuth Chapter 30), OR
for Quantitative Data one of Chapters 33 (Descriptive
Statistics), 34 (Frequencies, cross-tabulation, chi-square),
36 (Correlation), or 37 (T-tests and ANOVA). |
In Class exercise on data analysis. |
Thursday 9/29 (12) |
Post Draft of your full Methods Section. It should be
published as an updated
version of Methods section in your Full Proposal doc. Read either Wildemuth Chapter 13 (Sampling for extensive studies) or Chapter 14 (intensive studies) |
Sampling and Recruitment discussion. In class exercise, each group will analyze one of their members research designs (volunteer or Dr. H chooses). Then review as class. In your small group, chose one of the high quality masters papers. to review, and then do a group design critique of the paper assigned to each of the small "methods" groups. |
Tuesday |
Read Punch chapters 6 (writing proposal), chapter 8
(examples) and re-read chapter 7 (tactics). |
Review Readings |
Thursday 10/6 (14) |
Post your reviews of your other group members research plans as
comments on their google doc of their Draft of Final Proposal. LAST CLASS! You're (almost) Done! |
Resolving any unsettled questions: Q&A Critiquing Research Plans, by example and then through in class exercise to review each others in small groups Course evaluations (be sure you have your laptop)! Individual review with instructor as needed |
Tuesday |
Final
Version of Proposal Due. Be sure the link under "Full Proposal
Final Draft" on your
class work page points to your final draft. Absolute final
deadline is midnight except in case of prior
arrangement or emergencies. |
You're all done!! |
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