| Research Tools |
| |
1. Research Tools: Quantitative Methods
Quantitative methods involve:involve: (a) measurement, the systematic representation of data by numbers, and (b) statistics, the mathematics of the collection, organization, and interpretation of numerical data. Incorporated within quantitative methods are descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, and the design and analysis of experiments. This area does not include courses on research methods, but rather includes specific courses in statistics and/or experimental design. |
| |
| Demonstration of Skill |
| |
| Successful completion of two or more of the following courses is required to establish skill in this research tool. |
| |
| Course No. |
Cr. Hrs. |
Title |
| • |
EAHE 585 |
3.0 |
Survey Research
Methodology |
| • |
EPSY 506 |
4.0 |
Inferential Statistics |
| • |
EPSY 507 |
4.0 |
Multiple Regression |
| • |
EPSY 508 |
4.0 |
Experimental Design in Educational Research |
| • |
EPSY 531 |
3.0 |
Introduction to Measurement |
| • |
EPSY 580a |
3.0 |
Advanced Regression Analysis |
| • |
EPSY 580b |
3.0 |
Factor Analysis |
| • |
EPSY 580c |
3.0 |
Multivariate Methods |
| • |
EPSY 580d |
3.0 |
Nonparametric Method |
| • |
EPSY 580f |
3.0 |
Experimental Design |
| • |
PSYC 522a |
4.0 |
Experimental Design and the Analysis of Variance |
| • |
PSYC 522b |
4.0 |
Complex Designs and Extensions of the Analysis of Variance |
|
|
| |
| Any combination of courses that equate to a minimum of one academic year of credit in doctoral level statistics, which have been identified as a research tool requirement in an NCATE-approved graduate program, may be used to meet the quantitative methods requirement. |
|
|
| |
| 2. Research Tools: Qualitative Methods |
| |
| Qualitative research has gained substantial attention in the last two decades as a means of administering and evaluating social intervention programs. The paradigm which forms the philosophical basis of qualitative methods stresses an evolving, negotiated view of the social order. This paradigm considers social life as the shared creativity of individuals and looks at the social world as one that is shifting, changing, and dynamic. In using qualitative methods, the educational researcher holistically observes teachers, administrators, pupils, programs, or districts in an effort to identity the related elements in the school setting. |
| |
| Several research techniques and skills are available to the qualitative researcher; these include interviews, observations, non-verbal communication, ethnographic studies, case studies, evaluation scales, and quasi-experimental investigations. |
| |
| Demonstration of Skill |
| |
| Successful completion of two or more of the following courses is required to establish skill in qualitative methods: |
| |
| Course No. |
Cr. Hrs. |
Title |
| • |
EAHE 587 |
3.0 |
Introduction to Qualitative research |
| • |
EAHE 594 |
3.0 |
Advanced Qualitative Methods |
| • |
KIN 502 |
3.0 |
Methods of Interview Research |
| • |
SOC 514 |
4.0 |
Seminar in Qualitative Research |
| • |
SPCM 473 |
-- |
Performance Ethnography |
| • |
SPCM 506 |
-- |
Ethnography of Communication |
| • |
SPCM 507 |
-- |
Ethnographic Fieldwork |
| • |
SPCM 508 |
-- |
Autoethnography |
| • |
MCMA 534 |
-- |
Qualitative Research Methods in Mass Communication |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 3. Research Tools: Historiography |
| |
| Historiography is the study of the discipline of history. This study can include the scientific methods of historical research, a review of the historical paradigm with its attendant use of chronology, a concern for the variant philosophies of history, a review of historical literature, the contributions of particular historians in the development of the discipline, and the consideration of historical writing as both an art form and as an humanistic expression. |
| |
| Demonstration of Skill |
| |
| A student should successfully complete a minimum of two courses to establish skill in this research tool: |
| |
| Course No. |
Cr. Hrs. |
Title |
| • |
HIST 500 |
3.0 |
Historical Craft |
| • |
HIST 501 |
3.0 |
Recent Historiography |
| • |
EAHE 530 |
3.0 |
Historical Research in Education |
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 4. Research Tools: Philosophic Methods |
| |
| Philosophy may be defined as that science which investigates the facts and principles of human nature and conduct and which comprises logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and theory of knowledge. Philosophy is also a body of principles underlying a given branch of learning such as professional education. |
| |
| Methods of inquiry in philosophy of education are integral to the substance of education and are seemingly more difficult to differentiate and seperate from that substance than are some other methods of inquiry, i.e., foreign language and statistics. Philosophic inquiry methods in education include a study of logic, ethics, aesthetics, metaphysics, and theory of knowledge concerning education, i.e., the principles underlying education. |
| |
| Demonstration of Skill |
| |
| Skill in this research tool is established by the successful completion of two or more of the following courses: |
| |
| Course No. |
Cr. Hrs. |
Title |
| • |
PHIL 420 |
3.0 |
Advanced Logic |
| • |
PHIL 425 |
3.0 |
Philosophy of Language |
| • |
PHIL 524 |
3.0 |
Analytic Philosophy |
| • |
PHIL 530 |
3.0 |
Theory of Knowledge |
|
|
| |
|
| |
| 5. Research Tools: Other Research Tools |
| |
| A student and his/her committee may wish to propose a research tool not mentioned in the foregoing lsit. Such persons should prepare a proposal that includes: |
| |
(a) definition of research tool; and
(b) the minimum two courses or equivalent, which establish skill in the research tool. |
| |
| The proposal would then be submitted to the Dean of the College of Education and Human Services for consideration and approval. If approved by the Dean, that tool would then become an approved tool available to all students in the Ph.D. program in Education. |
|
|
 |
13/13 |
|
| |
Copyright © 2008,
Board of Trustees, Southern Illinois University
EOE | Privacy Policy | Last Updated
|
