MODULE ONE Introduction to Research Methodology

1
MODULE ONEIntroduction to Research Methodology

• EDU 691
• Troy State University
• Chan Roark, Ph.D.

2
Mark your calendar

• This module should be completed by the end of the
  first week of class.
• Dont forget Module Two should be completed by
  the end of this week, too.

3
Course Objectives

• Critical consumer of available research
• Competent author of a research proposal
• Proficient writer using APA style

4
Critical Thinkers

• Evaluate the results of research, exercising
  careful judgment
• Do not just find fault or criticize unfavorably
• Analyze the experiment for design flaws.
• An interesting web site- The Skeptics Society
• http//www.skeptic.com/

5
Summary of Course

• Review the Syllabus
• Instructor contact
• Distance Learning support
• This is a Friday class

6
Course Requirements

• Course Requirements
• Research Proposal
• Plan for conducting research
• Literature Review
• 2 journal critiques
• 1 exam
• Response to call for presentation papers

7
Texts

• Elmes, D., Kantowitz, B., and Roediger, H.
  (1999). Research Methods in Psychology, sixth
  edition. Pacific Grove, CA Brooks/Cole
• American Psychological Association (1994).
  Publication Manual of the American Psychological
  Association (4th ed.). Englewood Cliffs, NJ
  Merrill.
• Supplemental Reading

8
Some On-Line Sources

• The Process of Synthesis
• http//www.tsum.edu/trenckly/synthes1.htm
• An on-line text Methods in Behavioral Research
  by Paul C. Cozby
• http//methods.fullerton.edu
• Glossary of terms
• http//www.tsum.edu/trenckly/glossary.htm

9
Yes, We Cover Statistics!

• Brief overview
• Understand what literature means
• NOT how to compute

10
Statistics

• Involves math, formulas and a special reasoning
  process
• A tool to aid in the interpretation of results
• Important to learn about how to use statistics as
  a resource rather than to try to memorize
  formulas

11
Ethics

• All educators, all psychologists, all counselors
  are bound by ethics of their profession and their
  personal values.
• Researchers, too, are bound by ethics.
• Refer to the text and online sources for more in
  this area.

12
Question 1aWhat do you expect to gain from this
course?
13
Question 1bWhat do you think the title of the
course, Research Methodology means?