The Ideal Course Outline
When I started planning this course, I was idealistic. I was hoping to map the sections in a way one would read a journal article. It sort of would have looked like something below:
A. Overview
• What is quantitative research methods?
B. Planning & Designing A Research Study
• Determining a theoretical model
• Methods & Experimental designs
• The null hypothesis
• Sampling procedures
• Ethical & cultural issues in the design, execution and interpretation of quantitative research studies
C. Measurement
• Designing a questionnaire
• Measurement issues
• Reliability & Validity
D. Analyses
• Using software to help with analyses of data e.g. SPSS
E. Findings Results
• Basics in Statistics –mean, mode, variance, frequency
• Probability and significance; chi-square
• Correlations and Regressions
• t-tests and ANOVA
F. What can you and can’t you conclude from your findings
• Strengths of quantitative research
• Limitations of quantitative research
• How do quantitative and qualitative methods complement each other
Looks easy enough, right?
Well, I realized to help learners better grasp learning points, I needed to move a little more fluidly around. Thus, the topics are arranged as in the side menu on your left. I've still kept as close as possible to the learning process above.
Enjoy!
A. Overview
• What is quantitative research methods?
B. Planning & Designing A Research Study
• Determining a theoretical model
• Methods & Experimental designs
• The null hypothesis
• Sampling procedures
• Ethical & cultural issues in the design, execution and interpretation of quantitative research studies
C. Measurement
• Designing a questionnaire
• Measurement issues
• Reliability & Validity
D. Analyses
• Using software to help with analyses of data e.g. SPSS
E. Findings Results
• Basics in Statistics –mean, mode, variance, frequency
• Probability and significance; chi-square
• Correlations and Regressions
• t-tests and ANOVA
F. What can you and can’t you conclude from your findings
• Strengths of quantitative research
• Limitations of quantitative research
• How do quantitative and qualitative methods complement each other
Looks easy enough, right?
Well, I realized to help learners better grasp learning points, I needed to move a little more fluidly around. Thus, the topics are arranged as in the side menu on your left. I've still kept as close as possible to the learning process above.
Enjoy!
Acknowledgement of image source:
Image 1: http://library.clark.edu/?q=content/scholarly-journal-articles
Image 2: as provided on image
Image 1: http://library.clark.edu/?q=content/scholarly-journal-articles
Image 2: as provided on image