Grading

Collaborative Research Paper (30%)

• You and your team will summarize the strengths and weaknesses of the studies you find in the topic area you select. You will write at least two pages with this information. Review meta-analysis or other information on the subject. This information will be used for your collaborative research paper.

• The goal of the Research Proposal is to compel you to work collaboratively with at least one other student in the class, in order to identify a testable research hypothesis of some mutual interest, and to articulate a set of different methodologies designed to test that hypothesis.  Producing a good research proposal will involve a lot of creative critical thinking, a lot of discussion between you and your coauthor(s), and some careful writing. 

Quantitative Research Text References

Black, Thomas R. (199). Doing quantitative research in the social sciences: an integrated approach to research design, measurement and statistics; Sage Publications, Inc., California

Campbell, D.T. & Stanley, J.C Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research.

Cook, T.D. & Campbell, D.T. Quasi-Experimentation: Design and Analysis Issues for Field Settings.

Davitz, J.R. & Davitz, L.J. A Guide: Evaluating Research Proposals in the Behavioral Sciences.

Dillman, D. The Total Design Method.

Donovan, T., & Hoover, K. R. (2000). The elements of social scientific thinking (7th ed.). New York: St. Martin’s Press.

Galvan, J. (1999). Writing literature reviews. Los Angeles, CA: Pyrczak

Glesne, C. (1999). Becoming qualitative researchers: An introduction (2nd ed.). New York: Addison, Wesley, Longman

Gorard, Stephen (2001). Quantitative methods in educational research: the role of numbers made easy; Continuum, New York

Haller, E. J., & Kleine, P. F. (2001). Using educational research: A school administrator's guide. New York: Addison, Wesley, Longman

Huck, S. W., Cormier, W. H., & Bounds, W. G., Jr. (1995). Reading statistics and research (2nd ed.). New York: Harper

 Johnson, Burke; Christensen, Larry (2000). Educational research: quantitative and qualitative approaches;  Allyn and Bacon,

Leedy, P.D. Practical Research: Planning and Design.

Madsen, D. Successful Dissertations and Theses.

 Mertens, Donna M. (1998). Research methods in education and psychology: integrating diversity with quantitative and qualitative approaches; Sage Publications, Inc., California

Shadish, W. R., Cook, T. D., & Campbell, D. T. (2002). Experimental and quasi-experimental design for generalized causal inference. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.

Struening, E.L. & Brewer, M.B. (eds.) Handbook of Evaluation Research.

Stufflebeam, D., et al. Educational Evaluation and Decision Making.

Trochim, W. M. K. (2001). The research methods knowledge base (2nd ed.). Cincinnati, OH: Atomic Dog. http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/contents.htm

Warwick, D.R. & Lininger, C.A. The Sample Survey: Theory and Practice.

Wright, Sonia (1979). Quantitative methods and statistics: a guide to social research; Sage Publications, Inc., California