S-005 Introduction to Educational Research
Terrence Tivnan
This is an introduction to the rationale and procedures of educational and social science research, designed for master's and first-year doctoral students. The course is appropriate for both consumers and producers of research. Topics will include the nature and purposes of research; planning and conducting research; critiquing and evaluating research; sampling; survey and experimental design; evaluation research; naturalistic observation and inquiry; measurement and methods of data collection; ethics; and the use of computers in data analysis. Methods are considered for collecting both quantitative and qualitative data. Class time will be used for discussion, case-study analysis, and occasional computer exercises. Participants have a choice of either conducting a small-scale study or completing a series of take-home assignments.
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