Research


I've arranged the documents below from big picture to details.  If this topic is new to you or if you want some review, you might skim "Research vocabulary" to get familiar with important concepts.

1.  Research concepts/vocabulary

2.  Scientific Thinking

3.  The logic of theory and research

4.  Theory, variables, definitions, hypotheses, measurement

5.  Logical Fallacies

6.  Telling the difference between baloney and serious claims [Powerpoint]

7.  Telling the difference between baloney and serious claims

8.   Steps in Planning Research Projects and Writing Proposals

9.   It's all about validity

10. Internal and external validity

11. Evaluating research claims [Powerpoint]

12. Guidelines for evaluating research and research claims 

13. Intellectual Styles: Inductive and Deductive Research

14. Three levels of research

15. Research questions and research strategies [Powerpoint]

16. Experiments [Powerpoint]

17. Cross-sectional and Longitudinal Research

18. Data Collection

19. Questionnaires and Interview Schedules

20. Examples of research at different levels

21. Examples of research questions and research strategies used

22.Examples of research strategies and kinds of data used

23. Planning and Writing a District-level Reading First Proposal

24. Statistical significance

25. How to interpret graphs