31 May This assignment requires that you use your accumulated knowledge about the elements of research. In this final project, you will create a proposal for how you might study the t
This assignment requires that you use your accumulated knowledge about the elements of research. In this final project, you will create a proposal for how you might study the topic selected for this quarter, either qualitatively or quantitative.
I WOULD LIKE TO CHOOSE QUANTITATIVE. The research topic must be related to online learning based off the articles provided for the class, please review announcements section.
A PowerPoint template has been provided for you to outline your ideas. Each slide has a major heading that focuses on the given research component. The major headings are accompanied by subheadings that signal the main points to be addressed. As this is a PowerPoint presentation, you are not asked to provide a full narrative, but rather clear and concise bullet points in brief sentence style, demonstrating your understanding of each aspect of the plan. Please use accurate APA style and format for this assignment including citations and references. Detailed instructions for this assignment are embedded in the PowerPoint template. Please follow the instructions and remove the instructions from the final assignment submission.
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MULTI7860- Survey of Research Methods Group Study Session Week 7
Thursday
6:00 pm
Central
Brianna McCartney, PhD- Assistant Instructor
Rebecca Caviness, PhD-
Assistant Instructor
Candace Murray, PhD- Assistant Instructor
Angela Bruch, PhD-
Lead Instructor
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Survey of Research Methods Inclusive Learning Space
Our intention :
To create an inclusive learning environment where all learners with different experiences and backgrounds can perform to their full capacity.
To welcome diverse critical thinking, insight, and innovation as learners progress through the course.
To affirm and acknowledge the importance of diversity by celebrating the inclusion of culture, race, ethnicity, sex, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious/spiritual beliefs, disability, age, socioeconomic status, nationality, and language ability.
To serve our learners with equitable resources that embrace all types of learning styles.
We ask every learner to maintain the highest level of accountability for their actions by striving for the utmost respect and professionalism in every spoken and/or written word in the Survey of Research Methods course.
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Agenda
Welcome & ”House-keeping” items
Expectations for final assignment
Quantitative template
Qualitative template
Session summary
– Next session
– Q&A
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Housekeeping Items
Academic integrity (and we know this may not apply to you). Please do your own work using the articles we’ve assigned for this quarter.
Finding and reading your assignment feedback (and sadly, using your phone typically isn’t viable)…some data suggests only 30% of learners read feedback provided on assignments.
Reminder: Qualitative versus Quantitative. An oversimplification:
– Qualitative research focuses on experiences of participants based on data collected via interviews
– Quantitative research focuses on statistical relationships between/among variables based on data collected from participants(often via survey/tests/measurements)
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Qualitative Research Question:
Ex: What are frontline employee’s experiences with emotional labor?
Ex: How do retired people with a part-time job describe the value of their work?
Be sure to focus on only ONE experience, phenomenon, event.
Do not compare two groups.
Key words: Experience, lived experience, personal experience, perception, describe, understand
Quantitative Research Question:
Ex: Does emotional labor predict level of worker engagement in frontline employees?
Ex: Is there a difference between retired people with a part-time job and those with no job on a measure of overall life satisfaction and a measure of thriving?
Be sure to focus on comparing two or more groups or predicting an outcome.
Key words: Relationship, compare, predict, correlation, impact/influence
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Final Assignment Expectations
1. Choose either the qualitative template OR the quantitative template (Only choose one, NOT both—and no mixed methods, please) –Do not create your own slide deck—please use the one we’ve provided.
2. Provide enough detail for clarity in a sentence outline format.
3. You will need in-text citations in every slide and formal APA style references. For this assignment, some citations may be parenthetical (like we’ve used in u03a1 and u06a1) or narrative. Be sure to review style rules for narrative citations. They should look like this: In a study by Hernandez Gonzalez and Blackford (2020), online learning graduate students described…
4. Choose a sub-topic within the broader topic of online learning.
-Okay to use recent articles from the Week 3 and 6 Assignments (however many you may need for your proposed study) and at least two more articles based on the focal topic.
-Please do not use graphics or figures or charts.
-The purpose of this assignment is to make sure that you understand the concept of a research proposal and the different components of a research proposal.
-Do not add references you do not formally cite in your PowerPoint outline (that would not be in compliance with the APA style rules).
-Use future tense because you are proposing a study.
-Do NOT erase the sub-headings we have provided.
Please read the instructions for each element of the study embedded in the templates.
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Final Assignment Expectations Continued
-This assignment is a hypothetical research proposal you are designing about online learning.
-This assignment is not a review of a current study or article. Please do not turn one of the articles we’ve read for class—or any other article—into a proposal.
-This assignment should be written in future tense (as it has not happened yet)…worth repeating this point.
-This assignment requires cited support using in-text and parenthetical citations throughout the entire assignment…worth repeating this point also.
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BONUS POINTS FOR FINAL ASSIGNMENT
If you submit your final assignment by Sunday June 4th (11:59 CST), then +5 points will be added to your assignment grade
(The actual due date is Sunday June 11th)
*It is better to spend more time on the assignment and do good work than to rush for those five points…just sayin’.
Introduction: Title Page
Quantitative
Title must be about online learning
Multi7860 – Survey of Research Methods
Learner name
Qualitative
Title must be about online learning
Multi7860 – Survey of Research Methods
Learner name
Introduction: Statement of the Problem
Quantitative
A problem statement is a short, clear description of the topic/research problem to be researched. It sets up the context, relevance and aims of the project.
It should tell the audience a) what is already known about a topic/target population[with cited support], and b) what is unknown about a topic/target population [known as the gap in literature].
Qualitative
A problem statement is a short, clear explanation of the issue to be researched. It sets up the context, relevance and aims of the project.
You must have 2-3 references that are cited in this section.
This section must include at least 3-5 full sentences.
Introduction: Purpose of the Study
Quantitative
The purpose statement is meant to inform the audience of the purpose of the study. In every research study, the primary purpose is to answer the research question.
The language of the purpose statement should align with the research question.
The purpose statement for quantitative studies is on p.124 in the Creswell and Creswell (2018) text (This may help formulate your purpose, but you do not have to use it).
Qualitative
This section must describe what the study will do and should include the areas defined in the statement of the problem.
This section is to introduce your Research Question(s)
The qualitative purpose of the study can be found in the Creswell and Creswell (2018) textbook on page 119 (This can help you formulate the purpose, but you do not have to use).
Introduction: Research Question
Quantitative
Research question(s) and hypotheses
The research question should be based on the research problem. Quantitative research questions are specific questions that can be answered by conducting statistical analysis.
Quantitative research question key words: effect, affect, relationship, cause, difference, predict, correlate, etc.
The format for quantitative research questions is in the Creswell and Creswell (2018) text, p.137 (This may help formulate your RQ, but you do not have to use it).
Null: The null hypothesis states that there is NOT statistical significance between two variables.
Alternative: The alternative hypothesis states that there is a statistical significance among variables.
Both hypotheses should use identical language. The only word that should be different is the word “not”
Both hypotheses should be worded to align with research question(s).
Qualitative
The goal of the RQ is to ask it in a way that indicates the specific phenomenon, event, occurrence, or experience that you want to examine. This indicates a specific domain, population, and phenomenon.
The qualitative research question can be found in the Creswell and Creswell (2018) textbook on page 133 (This can help you formulate the RQ, but you do not have to use it).
Introduction: Theoretical Perspective (Quantitative) vs. Philosophical Worldview (Qualitative)
Quantitative
Theoretical Perspective (Theory)
Quantitative studies are developed based on a specific theory or theories [aka theoretical framework, theoretical lens, theoretical perspective].
This section should briefly identify the theory you have selected, describe the theory used for your proposal using cited support, and explain how it is relevant to the research problem/question/purpose.
Qualitative
Philosophical Worldview
Need to discuss one of the worldviews that we discussed in Week 1 (Postpositivist worldview—which is used almost solely in quantitative research, constructivist worldview, transformative worldview, or pragmatic worldview)
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