Week - 1 |
Ch1 Introduction -Selection of Research Design (Creswell) Assignment 1: Find top 5 research journals in your field. Pick one of them and find the most recent issue of that journal from the library or the Internet. Identify one article that interests you. Explain why you find the article interesting and examine the research questions. |
Week - 2 |
Ch4 The Ethics and Politics of Research- Research Design (Creswell)
Assigment 2: Question 2 (CH4 Review Questions) |
Week - 3 |
Ch2 Review of the Literature (Creswell) |
Week - 4 |
Ch3 The Use of Theory (Creswell)
Assignment 3: Start to think about a research idea as a group project and discuss it with your group and me. |
Week - 5 |
Ch5 The Introduction (Creswell) |
Week - 6 |
Ch6 The Purpose Statement (Creswell)
Assignment 4: Write your paper's purpose statement and prepare an outline. |
Week - 7 |
Ch 7 Research Questions and Hypotheses (Creswell) Assignment 5: Find a journal article in your field that uses survey methodology. Identify the participants, sampling, how variables are measured in the study and choose at least two questions from the survey and criticize each one. |
Week - 8 |
Sampling |
Week - 9 |
Ch 8 Quantitative Research (Creswell) Assignment 6: Find a journal article that conducts an experimental research. Identify the participants, dependent and independent variables of it and how these variables are tested. |
Week - 10 |
Ch 9 Qualitative Research (Creswell) Assignment 7: Find a journal article in your field that uses qualitative methods. Discuss the technique used in that study. |
Week - 11 |
Data Collection Techniques |
Week - 12 |
Ch 10 Mixed Methods Procedures (Creswell) |
Week - 13 |
Review of the topics Assignment 9: Find a journal article related to your field and write a one-page summary considering the following questions and prepare a 10-minute presentation as a group. • What is the main research question? • Why is this question important to consider? • How is this question addressed? What is the research method? • Explain the participants and the sampling of the study. |
Week - 14 |
Student Presentation |