EDU738: Educ. Research Across the Curriculum

'... that Truth is not a colored bird to be chased among the rocks and captured by its tail, but a skeptical attitude toward life.' from "Arrowsmith" by Sinclair Lewis

Week #6: 2/20/23

Major Assignment Due This Week on the 26th (Sunday)_ - Assignment #2 Research Plan: Problem Statement & Research Questions/Hypotheses!!

And don't forget that you do need to complete the CITI training by the 8th (Wednesday).

Major Assignment Due Next Week None!! But there is a non-graded quiz to complete by the 5th (Sunday)

On the
"Assignments" page you can find links to the description and rubric for this assignment.

Week #6

Procedures and Tools for Gathering Data, Designing a Research Project, &Introduction to Hypothesis Testing and Statistics

Core Readings/Viewings

Comments, Activities, & Due Dates

(1) Plano Clark & Creswell: Chapters #5 & #6

(2) “Introduction Section A (‘What are Statistics’) though Section H (‘Measurement’)”
http://onlinestatbook.com/2/introduction/introduction.html (Note: There is a mobile version and a non-interactive pdf version.)

(3) “ Chapter 9: Logic of Hypothesis Testing”
http://onlinestatbook.com/2/index.html (Note: There is a mobile version and a non-interactive pdf version.)

(4) Rocky’s Lecture: Writing Hypotheses

(5) Don't forget the Week #6 Discussion Forum! (Refining your research topic)
2/27 Submit Assignment #2: Research Plan: Problem Statement & Research Questions/Hypotheses (Group)

Research Groups “meet” via Zoom, phone or other venue to finish work on Assignment #2- Research Plan; Problem Statement and Research Questions/Hypotheses

If you haven’t done so
CITI training (no later than ⅜ (Wednesday) You will need the certificate of CITI completion in order for your group to submit your IRB application.


Optional Online Zoom chat:
Sunday evening 2/26 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
We will send the Zoom ID via your gmail account.