EVST 399 / SOAN 300 -- Spring 2019
Tentative Course Schedule
changes to the schedule will be posted here in bold red
Assignment Categories:
Search Strategy exercise, Journal Exercises, & Research examples
Field & Data exercises
Research Design project
Other assignments
Exams
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January:
Topic #1: Research Design
-----------------week 1-----------------
14: Introduction to Research Design
16: Design Step 1: Finding a Research Question:
- Spickard: Research Basics, Introduction plus Chapter 1
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research Part A (“Getting Started” pp 1-16) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Chapter 1 quiz, online. (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
-----------------week 2-----------------
21: Design Step 2: Choosing a Logical Structure
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 2
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research Part C (“Selecting a Research Approach” pp 27-42) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Chapter 2 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Research Design Project: Three Research Topics (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
23: Design Step 3: Indentifying What Type of Data You Need
- Read: Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 3
- Due: Chapter 3 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
-----------------week 3-----------------
28: Literature searching: a hands-on workshop MEET IN THE CURRENT PERIODICALS SECTION OF THE ARMACOST LIBRARY
- Grewal et al: “Literature Search for Research” (http://bit.ly/2pgxKfG )
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research Part D: (“Organizing and Evaluating Literature” pp 43-50) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- In class: Begin Literature Search Strategy exercise
30: Design Step 3 (continued): Types of Data
- To Be Announced
- TBA
-----------------week 4-----------------
February:
3: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Journal Ex #1
4: Design Step 4: Choosing a Data Collection Method
(Guest: Writing tutors at the end of class)
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 4
- Chapter 4 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Literature Search Strategy exercise (completed; submit by midnight on Moodle)
4: Design Step 4 (continued): Data Collection & Research Ethics
- To Be Announced
- CITI (research ethics) training. Print and bring your certificate to class
-----------------week 5-----------------
10: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Journal Ex #2
11: Design Step 5: Choosing a Data Collection Site
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 5
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research Part F (“Proposing a Sample” pp 63-74) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Chapter 5 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Research Design Project: Research Question (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
13: Design Step 6: Choosing a Data Analysis Method
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 6
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research Part I (“Proposing Methods of Analysis” pp 95-106) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Chapter 6 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Two exam questions
-----------------week 6-----------------
17: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #1
Topic #2: Collecting and Analyzing Data
18: Working with Data Collected from Groups, Areas, or Ecosystems I
- MOST ITEMS MOVED TO NEXT MONDAY TO ALLOW FOR POSTPONING THE MIDTERM
- Read:
- Spickard: “What is a Concept Paper?” (to help with next Monday’s assignment)
20: MIDTERM EXAM 1: The Six Steps
-----------------week 7-----------------
24: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #2
25: Working with Data Collected from Groups, Areas, or Ecosystems II
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 7
- Winter: A Crash Course ch 1
- Spickard: Thinking Through Statistics -- introduction & chapters 2-3
- recommended: Nardi: Interpreting Data -- chapters 1 & 3 (section on Pearson’s r), chapter 5
- Chapter 7 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Data Exercise #1 (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
- Concept Paper (due by MIDNIGHT on Moodle)
27: Working with Data Collected from Individuals (Human or Other) I
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 8
- recommended: Nardi: Interpreting Data -- chapter 2
- Chapter 8 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Data Exercise #2 (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
---------------------------SPRING BREAK---------------------------
March:
-----------------week 8-----------------
10: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #3
11: CLASS CANCELLED: Instructor Ill
13: Working with Data Collected from Individuals (Human or Other) II
- Winter: A Crash Course ch 1, 2
- recommended: Spickard: Thinking Through Statistics -- chapters 6-7
- recommended: Nardi: Interpreting Data -- chapter 3 (section on chi-square analysis)
- Data Exercise #3 (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
17: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #4
18: Finding Group Differences: t-Tests and ANOVAs
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 10
- Winter: A Crash Course ch 3, 4
- recommended: Spickard: Thinking Through Statistics -- chapter 9
- recommended: Nardi: Interpreting Data -- chapter 4
- Chapter 10 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Data Exercise #4 (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
-----------------week 9-----------------
20: Introduction to Interviewing
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 9
- Smith: Soul Searching: Ch 2 + Methodological Appendix (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- recommended: Spickard: “Microqualitative Approaches …” (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Chapter 9 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
- Extended Outline(submit by MIDNIGHT on Moodle)
- Data Exercise #5 (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle) EXCERCISE CANCELLED
-----------------week 10-----------------
24: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #5
25: Constructing an Interview Protocol
- Spickard: “How to Write an Interview Protocol” and “How Many Subjects?”
- Davidman: Motherloss -- chapter 1 plus any chapter 3-7 (your choice)
(LIBRARY RESERVE) - recommended: Trochim: “Interviews”
- Interview questions for Interveiw Exercise (bring to class for cooperative project)
27: Midterm review
-----------------week 11-----------------
31: (Sunday @ 5pm) DUE: Blog Post: Research Ex #6
April:
1: MIDTERM EXAM 2: Quantitative Analysis
3: Working with Qualitative Data: Coding and Analysis
- Richards & Morse: Read Me First …, Chapter 6 (“Coding”) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Richards & Morse: Read Me First …, Chapter 9 (“Getting”) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Field Exercise (your interviews for the group interview project) (Submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
- Turn in a two-page summary of your results
- Attach individual coding
- Come ready to do group coding in class
-----------------week 12----------------
8: Ethnography
- Spickard: Research Basics, Chapter 13
- Spickard: “Ritual, Symbol, and Experience” (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Landres: “Being (in) the Field” (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Spickard: “On Fieldnotes”
- Chapter 13 quiz, online (as many retries as you wish by 8am the day of class)
10: Action Research
- Whyte et al “Participatory Action Research” (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Other TBA (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- recommended: Eden & Huxham: “Researching Organizations using Action Research” (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Draft Research Proposal (Written) (submit by 8:00am on Moodle)
- Give a copy of your proposal to your writing partner for comments
-----------------week 13-----------------
Topic #3: Your research proposal
15: Reporting Research
- Richards & Morse: Read Me First …, Chapter 10 (“Writing”) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- recommended: Patten: Proposing Empirical Research, Part E (“Writing”), Part J (“Concluding Tasks”) (LIBRARY RESERVE)
- Student comments on writing partner’s proposal draft
17: PROPOSAL WORKSHOP & CRITIQUE:
- Bring a short summary of your project to share, including questions you may have about how to solve problems
-----------------finals week-----------------
Monday April 22: 9-11am
- In our regular classroom
- Due:
- Oral Presentation of Final Research Proposal
(slides optional: submit by 8am on Moodle) - Final Research Proposal (Written) (submit by 8am on Moodle)
- Response to Student Comments (submit by 8am on Moodle)