Research Methods

Quantitative

Qualitative

Writing

Other Fields

Books

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Brigitte Lépine

Education

Educational Leadership http://www.ascd.org/readingroom/edlead/elintro.html ****

Courses Online

Research in Educational Telecommunication: EMC 703: Research Resources http://seamonkey.ed.asu.edu/~mcisaac/emc703old97/topics.htm The links in this section are meant to provide starting points for your research. These links deal with issues of Computer Mediated Communication, Transactional Distance, Social Context, Learner Control, and Constructivism in general and as it relates to education. 

EDF 6481 - Foundations of Educational Research USF (Sarasota) - Spring Semester 2000 Professor: Rick Nations, Ph.D. http://www.universityprogram.usf.edu/specialeducation/edf6481syl.htm Course outline 

ED REM 431: Educational Research Methods and Design Fall Semester 2000 http://www.umsl.edu/~ceachick/Cjhsyll.htm Course Bulletin Description: An introductory course in educational research methodology. Descriptive statistical concepts learned in the prerequisite course are extended to: inferential statistics and hypothesis testing; research design issues such as internal/external threats to validity; basic designs to minimize these threats; special issues associated with positivistic and nonpositivistic research paradigms; and the structure and content of the research proposal. 

EAF 410 
Research Methods and Statistics in Education I 
http://coe.ilstu.edu/phklass/eaf410/sched/1.htm

Other related information

Home Page for the AERA-GSL Discussion List http://www.teleport.com/~skerlin/aera-gsl.html AERA-GSL AMERICAN EDUCATIONAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATION GRADUATE STUDIES LIST -We are scholars and collaborative online educational researchers with a combined interest in critical issues shaping graduate education and the evolution of the academic profession, particularly from the perspective of contemporary graduate students and newer (non-tenured) faculty. 

Education Journals http://www.byu.edu/ipt/vlibrary/development/ed_journals.html Below is a partial list of journals for -Higher Education -Audiology and Speech Language Pathology -Counseling and Special Education -Educational Leadership and Foundations -Instructional Psychology and Technology -Teacher Education 

Department of Agricultural Education 
Research Methodology and Design 
http://ag.arizona.edu/aed/lectures/aed615.htm
Study and analysis of research literature, methods, techniques and procedures for 
conducting investigations, selecting a problem and developing plans for a study. 

Social

Bill Trochim's Center for Social Research Methods 
http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/

Resources for Social Researchers 
http://www.soc.umn.edu/~edwards/soclinks.htm

Courses Online

SOCIOLOGY 371: THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH DESIGN 
http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/soc371res/index.html
Lots of good information 

Website Links for SOCIOLOGY 371: THEORY CONSTRUCTION AND RESEARCH DESIGN These links should be helpful WWWresources for you in your sociological research. http://www.stolaf.edu/people/leming/soc371res/websites.html Many links and good resources 

This is a University course outline that helps to differentiate between theory and ideology: http://soc.unm.edu/soc371/ideology.htm

Sociology 6203: Qualitative Research Methods (Data-Gathering) 
Fall 1998 
http://www.twu.edu/as/ws/soci6203.html
Methodologies in social research which emphasize qualitative dimensions of inquiry. Topics covered include in-depth interviewing, observation, unobtrusive measures, visual methods, fieldwork issues, ethics, note-taking, preliminary data analysis, and an overview of writing research reports based on qualitative methods. The theoretical and pedagogical bases for this course include symbolic interactionism and feminism. 

Social work

SW 240 Research Methods in Social Work - REVISED 9/8/97 
http://www.bradley.edu/las/soc/sls/classes/sls240/f97/sw240.html

Other related information

The Multiple Paradigm Status of the Social and Behavioral Sciences http://seal.monterey.edu/academic/centers/sbsc/sbsc300b/multpara.html The table above should be used as a navigational tool by the students in SBSC 300A/B "Theory and Method in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Dr. Baldwin has prepared this tool by working with concepts originally proposed by George Ritzer (1975). Ritzer applied the concept of the paradigm to the discipline of sociology. Baldwin, working with Ritzer's model, is in the process of extending it to include the traditional academic disciplines of Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, History, Political Science, and Economics. 

Essay for social science research methods course http://www.mech.gla.ac.uk/~paulk/socsci/essay.htm Paul Kennedy "Positivism and Hermeneutics are the ancient and probably still the most potent foes of the critical human sciences" Bhaskar, The Possibility of Naturalism, 1979). Discuss.

A Selected and Annotated Literature List of Research Methodology in the Social Sciences http://www.unisa.ac.za/library/afdeling/client/sublib/research/socsci.html
Compiled by: Talana Burger, Dorette Snyman and Melanie Malan 

Here is a website that summarizes the work of sociologists such as Max Weber, Auguste Comte, Emile Durkheim, and Karl Marx. http://raven.jmu.edu/~ridenelr/DSS/DEADSOC.HTML

Social Science articles can be searched through this electronic index from the U of C Library. http://httprelay.lib.ucalgary.ca:32888/DB=ExpAcad

Here is an interesting essay in favor of the critical social science approach. http://www.uta.edu/huma/illuminations/kell5.htm

Schools and theories from the social sciences are summarized here: http://sosig.esrc.bris.ac.uk/sociology/schools_and_theories/

American Sociological Association http://www.asanet.org/Memb/membship.htm

Membership Application http://www.asanet.org/Memb/mshipapp.htm The American Sociological Association (ASA), founded in 1905, is a non-profit membership association dedicated to advancing sociology as a scientific discipline and profession serving the public good. ASA seeks to stimulate and improve research, instruction, and discussion, and to encourage cooperative relations among those engaged in the scientific study of society. 

SAGE Publications/SRM 
Database of Social Research Methodology 
http://www.sagepub.co.uk/frame.html?http://www.sageltd.co.uk/
journals/details/j0302.html

2000 Subscription Information and Rates for ASA Journals http://www.asanet.org/pubs/99journsub.html

Health

Courses Online

PT 750 Critical Inquiry I / Inquiry in Health Measurement http://members.home.net/wellmon/pt550.htm Course Syllabus: COURSE DESCRIPTION: This course explores concepts of qualitative and quantitative research as a broad frame in the development of researchable questions. Students are encouraged to compose questions in the context of contemporary health care and physical therapy. The course focus is on outcomes in health care using measures of health status and functional ability. 

Research Sampling -NUR 390: Nursing Research http://www2.nau.edu/~cdb24/nur390/Mod3/sampling/index.html

Qualitative Health Research, 1996 (November), 6 (4), 561-567 
Q METHODOLOGY AND QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Steven R. Brown 
Kent State University 
http://www.rz.unibw-muenchen.de/~p41bsmk/qmethod/srbqhc.htm
 

Other related information

Quantitative vs Qualitative Design: Royal Windsor Society for Nursing Research http://www.windsor.igs.net/~nhodgins/quant_qual.html

The decision of whether to choose a quantitative or a qualitative design is a philosophical one. While some of these entries appear to be opposites, keep in mind that these are two different philosophies, which themselves are not necessarily polar opposites. In fact, elements of both designs can be used together in mixed-methods studies to provide more information than could be obtained by using either one alone. ---Good site. 

Description of Courses in the Clinical Health 
Sciences' Health Research Methodology Programme 
http://hiru.mcmaster.ca/ceb/graduate/mcourses.htm

General Research Methods (Health) 
http://www.health.ucalgary.ca/bob/books.htm
-Books, online info. 
-A bibliography. 

Book

Qualitative Research For Improved Health Programs: A Guide to Manuals for Qualitative and Participatory Research on Child Health, Nutrition, and Reproductive Health 
http://www.usaid.gov/regions/afr/hhraa/qualitative.txt Table of Contents
This guide is designed for program managers, researchers, funders of health programs, and others who are considering using qualitative research methods to help them design more effective health programs and/or evaluate the strengths and weaknesses of existing programs. It is assumed that the reader already has some familiarity with the basic methods in the "qualitative research toolbox" such as in-depth interviews, focus groups, and participant observation. 

Programs
Dept. of Public Health Sciences - Qualitative Research: Methods Courses & Faculty Resources http://phs.med.utoronto.ca/qualmethod/search_courses.htm
Qualitative Research: An Inventory of Methods Courses and Faculty Resources at the University of Toronto 
 

Psychology

LINKS TO SITES RELEVANT TO PSYCHOLOGICAL RESEARCH METHODS http://clem.mscd.edu/~davisj/prm2/prmlinks.html This page provides links to web sites relevant to students studying psychological research methods. This list is not nearly complete, but several of the sites to which you can link from here are extraordinary in their coverage. I intend this page to be a starting point from which you can access a wide range of useful resources. 

Research Methods -Psychology 
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/~dunham/RESEARCHMETHODS.HTM

Courses Online

Psychology 1 Research Design and Analysis Lecture Materials - 1997 (2 semesters) http://www.sci.monash.edu.au/psych/resource/stats/p1stats/p1stats.htm ***** Excellent resources (qualitative methods) 

Psychology 314L Research Methods Test 1 Spring 2000 http://www.usc.edu/dept/LAS/psychology/psyc314/Test_1 Multiple choice, Short answer 

Arizona State University - Psychology in Education EDP 552 -- Fall 1998 Statistical Analysis in Education I Instructor: Dr. Behrens Tentative Schedule of Topics http://research.ed.asu.edu/classes/edp552/behrens/topics.html Students should read the notes at the bottom of this document. More detail is provided on the page associated with each week. 

Statistics - Analysis of Variance and Experimental Design . http://bill.psyc.anderson.edu/exdes/ex-des.htm AN ELECTRONIC TEXT FOR PSYC 3240 by Bill Farmen Ph.D. Department of Psychology Anderson University **** Textbook and links 

SYLLABUS for Psy 300A (Introduction to Statistical Methods: I ) Fall 1999 - Section F01 http://web.uvic.ca/psyc/kadlec/courses/psy300a/syllabus_f99.htm Course Description: This course introduces the basic concepts of descriptive statistics, and briefly introduces inferential statistics. Topics include: frequency distributions, measures of central tendency and variability, transformations of data, the Normal distributions, a brief introduction to probability theory, logic of hypothesis testing, and the t-test. 

Arizona State University - Psychology in Education EDP 552 -- Fall 1998 Statistical Analysis in Education I Instructor: Dr. Behrens Tentative Schedule of Topics http://research.ed.asu.edu/classes/edp552/behrens/topics.html Students should read the notes at the bottom of this document. More detail is provided on the page associated with each week. 

Other related information

Research Methods: List of Lectures (Psychology) 
http://www.nwmissouri.edu/~dunham/research/listoflectures.htm

Research Methods Quiz (Psychology) 
http://www.alleydog.com/quizzes/methodsquiz.html
-Just fun 
http://www.alleydog.com/quizzes.asp
-More quizzes 

Science

Research Methods and Presentation 
 http://www.spsu.edu/cs/classes/cs6023/index.html

Comparing Computer Science Research Methodologies 
http://www.cs.wpi.edu/~dcb/Colloquium/Comparing.html

Research Methodologies in Pedagogical Information Science 
http://www.ifi.uib.no/staff/frode/courses/PedInfoH99/

Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) 
http://www.riacs.edu/
The Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS) carries out basic research and technology development in computer science, in support of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's missions in space exploration and aeronautics. 

Courses Online

CS701 Research methodology in computer science 
http://www.cs.tu.ac.th/Science/Computer/course-outline/
research_methods_in_computer_sci.htm

CHD/EDU/PSY (CEP) 6691 
Research Methodology On-line *** 
http://www.tsum.edu/~trenckly/mainpage.htm

Other related information

Post-normal science: Considerations from a poietic systems perspective http://ersserver.uwaterloo.ca/jjkay/grad/bdempster/futures/index.html

Abstract: The intent of this paper is to consider the notion of post-normal science from a new systems perspective that is based on a distinction between autopoietic and sympoietic systems. These "self"-producing systems - with and without self-defined boundaries, respectively - have significantly different characteristics that make their comparison useful. Autopoietic systems are closed, centrally controlled, development oriented, and efficient, whereas sympoietic systems are open-but-not-too-open, evolutionary, and adaptive. When applied to science, the system descriptions have heuristic potential.

National Institute for Discovery Science: Research Methodologies on Contact with ETI http://www.accessnv.com/nids/articles/alexander/contact_methodologies.html The following document was generated by a discussion about how dissemination of information should be handled if incontrovertible evidence were presented to the general public indicating "we are not alone." In other words, the evidence could not be hidden; so how do we handle, "the day after." This is an approach that can be initiated now to undertake prudent prior planning for that eventuality.

Southern Polytechnic State University 
Computer Science Department 
CS and SE Classes 
http://www.spsu.edu/cs/classes/#gc
 
 

Internet

Methodology internet resources 
http://allserv.rug.ac.be/~flievens/meth.htm

Internet Research Methodologies 
http://hanbat.chungnam.ac.kr/~leejh/Method.html

Research Methods in the Social Sciences on the Internet 
http://www.library.miami.edu/netguides/psymeth.html
-A list of links about research methods. 

Tips for Conducting Searches on the World Wide Web http://www.mapnp.org/library/gen_rsrc/search/search.htm Very good resource 

Blackboard.com e-Learning here and now At Blackboard.comSM, you can teach online for free, take distance-learning courses, utilize 253 discipline-specific resource centers and customize them to match your own classes, share tips and information with other teachers and students, and much more. http://www.blackboard.com:80/

Others

Department of Political Science Research Methodology http://classweb.moorhead.msus.edu/polsci/WebRes/methods.htm The links below offer relatively basic materials on research methodology likely to useful to undergraduates conducting research or writing papers.------links come from http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/ site -Good organization of information 

Political Methodology and Survey Research 
http://www.library.ubc.ca/poli/methodology.html

Research Methodology in Second-Language 
Acquisition 
http://www.kyoto-su.ac.jp/information/tesl-ej/ej03/r23.html

Site that explain their research methodology -interesting 
http://www.kancrn.org/stream/gproto1.cfm

Conference (business)

Harvard Business School Conference 
Complementary Research Methodologies: 
The Interplay of Theoretical, Empirical and 
Field-Based Research in Finance 
http://www.hbs.edu/hbsjfe/index.html

Note: While the on-site conference is over, the on-line conference continues.  See the CYBER-CONFERENCE below to get copies of papers, presenters' and discussants' slides, audio of the sesions and message boards where you can post your comments on papers or on the topic of research methodologies in finance.