EDUR 7130
Educational Research

Topic 2: Scientific Method, Research Report Components, and Variables and Scales of Measurement
Topic 3: Hypotheses and Sampling 

(1) Start Here: Summary Presentations 

These written, and to-be-added video, presentations are equivalent to the content that would be discussed during a lecture with a face-to-face class. I don't cover all content in detail here, but I do cover the important points and topics likely to appear on course tests. These presentations are streamlined summaries. See links further below for detailed readings, if needed.

• Summary Presentation 1: Course Overview and Study Guides (see live chat notes posted in Folio news announcement after Chat 1 is completed)
• Summary Presentation 2a: Scientific Method, Lit Review (video 2a; published study displayed in video: Lu et al. 2017)
• Summary Presentation 2b: Variables (video 2b)
• Summary Presentation 3a: Hypotheses (video 3a)
• Summary Presentation 3b: Sampling (video 3b)

(2) Detailed Presentations for Topics 2 and 3

If the Summary Presentations above did not provide the detail needed to help you understand the content or answer test questions, please have a read of the more detailed notes below.

• Textbook - optional reading in textbooks specified at bottom
• Overview of Research/Scientific Method (general overview of research can be found here: Reader's Guide)
  • Supplemental:
    • Scientific Method: Penn State
• Research Report Components
  • Supplemental:
    • Writing and Format of a Scientific Report: zeb.2012.0743.pdf
• Purpose Statements and Problem Statements
  • Supplemental:
    • Purpose and Problem Statements: Nursing Research
• Research Questions
  • Supplemental:
    • Research Questions
    • GCU RQ
    • How to Write a Research Question: Types, Steps, and Examples | Research.com
• Ethical Considerations for Conducting Research
  • This component of the research process will be handled through the CITI training activity.
  • Instructions for registering for, and completing, the CITI course on protecting human participants can be found in Folio.
• Literature Review
  • Google Scholar - excellent academic search engine; Searching with Google Scholar (video)
  • Supplemental
    • Tips for Literature Searches
    • Searches with Boolean Boolean Logic
    • Common Mistakes with Google searches
• Variables and Scales of Measurement (practice exercise)
  • Videos and Notes
    • Notes in videos: Variable and Scales of Measurement
    • What are Variables?
    • Scales of Measurement
    • Types of Variables
    • Comment: The videos above were borrowed from EDUR 8131 (Introduction to Statistics) so you may notice some differences in web page and page titles. The content, however, is the same.
  • Supplemental:
    • Wiki Scales of Measurement 
    • More on Measurement
• Hypotheses (see practice exercises within this link)
  • Videos
    • Notes used in videos: Hypotheses
    • Writing Hypotheses
    • Practice Writing Hypotheses
    • Common Errors When Writing Hypotheses
    • Comment: The videos above were borrowed from EDUR 8131 (Introduction to Statistics) so you may notice some differences in web page and page titles. The content, however, is the same.
• Sampling (see practice exercises within this link)
• Supplemental Textbook
  • Borg et al.(6th, 7th, and 8th edition): Chapters 1 through 4, and 6
  • or Fraenkel et al.(7th, 8th, and 9th edition): Chapters 1 through 6
  • or Cohen et al. (8th edition): Chapters 1, 4, 6, 9, 10, 11, 12, and 38