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 #7: 2/27/23

Major Assignment due this week None!! But there is a non-graded quiz to complete by the 5th!

Major Assignment Due Next Week: Don't forget, you MUST complete the CITI training by the 8th (Wednesday) so you can submit the online IRB application.

Next week on the 9th (Thursday) - Assignment #3 IRB Application!! (
THIS IS A CRUCIAL DATE!)

On the
"Assignments" page you can find the link to the description for this assignment.

Week #7 • Survey Research and Survey Design

Core Readings/Viewings

Comments, Activities, & Due Dates

(1) Plano Clark & Creswell: Chapter #9

(2)
Rocky’s Lecture: Survey Research and Survey Design

(3)
Survey Design Tutorial” by Creative Research Systems
http://www.surveysystem.com/sdesign.htm
(Note just view this page, you shouldn’t sign up for anything here.) (
or you can view a pdf of this webpage here)

(4) “
Examples of survey item types
http://www.surveyshare.com/templates/surveyquestions.html
(Note just view this page, you shouldn’t sign up for anything here.)

(5) "
7 Deadly Sins of Survey Questions"
https://www.getfeedback.com/blog/7-deadly-survey-questions/

(6)
Rewording Weak Open-Ended Items



Research Groups "meet" via Zoom, phone, or other venue to work in IRB application. (See Assignment #3 for details regarding the IRB application.)

Online Quiz based on Plano Clark and Creswell, chapter #6 – complete by the 5th (non-graded)

If you haven’t done so:
CITI training (no later than the 8th - Wednesday) You will need the certificate of CITI completion in order for your group to submit your IRB application which is due the next day, 3/11!


No online discussion this week since you need to focus on the Assignment #3 and begin to work on the IRB Application.


Optional Online Zoom chat:
Sunday evening 3/5 from 7:00 to 8:00 pm.
We will send the Zoom ID via your gmail account.