Skip to Agenda
Strongly Recommended Text: APA Manual, Sixth Edition
You will need email and internet access for this course.
If you choose to attend virtually, please use a camera so we may have productive interactions. It is fine to use your phone to "attend" class and have a computer ready to interact with the various documents we will use during class.
You can expect me to respond to your emails within 24 hours during the work week. I expect you to respond to mine within 48 hours. If this will be a problem, please let me know now.
Objectives (in no particular order):
Class requirements:
90 - 93% A- 94 - 100% A 80 - 82% B- 83 - 86% B 87 - 89% B+ 70 - 72% C- 73 - 76% C 77 - 79% C+ 60 - 62% D- 63 - 66%; D 67 - 69% D+ 0 - 59% F
Research papers: Each student will be required to orally present the results of four research pilots and write three research papers. All four will be on the same/similar topic of human communication/organizational behavior and will utilize the same essential literature review (12 - 15 credible sources). However, they will use different methods of gathering and analyzing data. The first research oral presentation will use a qualitative approach; the second research paper will let you practice observational methods (content analysis) with statistical analysis; the third paper will use survey/scale methods with statistical analysis; and the final with be a paper using pseudo-experimental research methods with statistical analysis. Class members can be used as participants (if appropriate for the population of interest) and can help recruit other participants. Papers must be in APA style, 12-15 pp. (20 pp. max) with cover page, abstract and no identifying self references within the text of the paper.
Research Paper Guidelines
Also check out the services available from Helmke Library
If you intend or want to be able to submit your paper for a conference or publication, you MUST complete and receive human subjects permission. You can find information on human subjects as well as the forms to complete under human subjects on the Purdue Human Subjects website.
Sharing results: Each student is also required to share the findings of the lit review and each pilot in class on the day it is due. Limited use of ppt or other visual aid is allowed for tables, images, etc. 4-6 minutes.
Class participation (homework and in-class exercises): Unless you are already very conversant with research methods and statistical procedures, your attendance and completion of homework assignments is essential to your learning as they offer you the chance to practice the skills you will need in your research papers both in this class and out. Please let me know when you have questions. There are many useful websites on statistics (some are listed under spcecific topics in the agenda below). Here is a general stats site:
Date | Topics | Due by class |
Homework Due by Friday at noon |
---|---|---|---|
January 11 |
Orientation to the class Topics and Literature Reviews |
||
18 | Martin Luther King, Jr Day - no class | ||
25 | Literature Reviews: Theories, RQ/H Paper Structure
|
--5-7 sources for your topic with main points from each - NOT an annotated bib. Write one paragraph with the argument your literature review will make with in-text citations. |
|
February 1 |
Qualitative Methods and Ethics
|
Be prepared to discuss questions about Qualitative Methods Be prepared to discuss questions about Ethical Conduct of Research |
|
8 |
Qualitative Analysis
|
Be prepared to discuss Qualitative Data Analysis Methods
|
|
15
|
Content Analysis Method Content Analysis - method and intercoder reliability
|
Intercoder reliability homework | |
22 |
|
|
|
March
1
|
Coder Training Content Analysis: Data Analysis
|
Coding manual in Google Drive with RQ or H Data accessible to coders |
|
8
|
Spring Break - no class | ||
15
|
|
Content Analysis Papers | Extra credit homework - Confidence Interval Exercise
|
22
|
|
||
29
|
Sampling and Survey/scale Analysis
|
||
April 5 |
Survey/Scale analysis: T-tests Set up statistics for Paper Three
|
|
|
April
12
|
Experimental Methods Experimental Methods
|
Survey/Scale Papers |
|
19 | Experimental Analysis Experimental data analysis: ANOVA
|
||
26 |
Work Week
|
|
|
May 3
|
8:00 - 10:00 pm (probably) Which method worked best for your topic? |
Experimental Papers Due |