Jsp 2 Research Methods

Course Title: Research Methods
Course Credit Hrs.: 6 per week
Level: A+B+C
Program: Joint Supervision -Graduate Partnerships Program
Term: Spring 2014/2015
Week 2
Instructor: Dr. Noora Al-Malki
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Presentation Content
- Learning Outcomes
- The Framework of a Research Project
cont.
- Research Problem
- How to define a Research Problem?
- Research Resources
- Research Ethics
- Research Documentation Styles
- Components of a Research Paper
- Essential Reading for the Week
- NEXT Week
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Learning Outcomes
Upon completing the 6-hour session in the second week, students will be able to:
1. apply the basic aspects of the research process in order to plan a proposal for a
research project.
2. effectively use the library and its resources (off-line and online) in gathering
information for research purposes
4. complete the following e-tivities:
a. E-Quiz (1) (5 points)
b. My Ideas Blog entry about problems you are facing in coming up with a research topic
( obligatory but not graded)
c. E-Submission (1) “Bibliography” (10 points)
d. Group Blog Entry (2) “Research Ethics” for both Teams A+B (5 points)

The Framework of a Research Project
Four questions to ask:
1.What are you going to do? {Research Subject}
2.Why are you going to do it? { Problem & Importance}
3.How are you going to do it? {Research Method}
4.When are you going to do it? {Research Action Plan or Program}
Chapter 3 "Structuring the Research Project" from Walliman's Research Methods (pgs. 29-41)

Research Problem
A research problem to be researchable must be:
1.Clear & concise
2.Significant
3.Limited in scope
4.Accessible (can find information about it)
5.Solvable (can draw conclusions about it)

How to define a Research Problem?
1. Questions
2. Hypotheses
3. Propositions

Research Resources: Types
1) Single-fact information
2)General information
3) In-depth information
Chapter 5 “Doing the Research” from Winkler's and Metherell's Writing The Research Paper (pgs. 51-61)

Research Resources: Types
1) Primary Resources [Original Works, Interviews,
Observation, Experiments, Questionnaires,
2) Secondary Resources [written materials, non-written
materials, survey data, online datasets, documentary
data, archives, meta- analysis, Data mining, etc.]
Selected Extracts from Chapters 7 & 8 "Collecting and Analyzing Secondary Data" & “Collecting Primary
Data” from Walliman's Research Methods (pgs. 78-112)

Research Resources: Online
1. Databases
2. Open Resources
3. E-Journals
4. Blogs & Social Networks
5. Search Engines
6. KAU Databases
Chapter 4 “Using the Computer in your Research” from Winkler's and Metherell's Writing The Research Paper (pgs. 37-47)

Research Resources: Evaluation
1)Quality
2) Authenticity
3) Accuracy
4)Outdated resources
5) Biased
6)Online sources

Research Resources: Composing a Working
Bibliography
“The bibliography is a list of sources on the research topic.
The working bibliography is made up of those sources that
you consulted for information; the final bibliography is an
alphabetical list of the sources you actually used in the
paper.”

Research Resources:
Composing a Working
Bibliography
Extracted from Chapter 5 “Doing the Research” from Winkler's and Metherell's Writing The Research Paper (pgs. 59)

Research Ethics
1. Integrity
2. Documentation
3. Plagiarism
4. Working with Human Subjects
5. Working with animals
6. Neutrality
7. Dissemination
KAU Research ethics document
Extracts from Chapter 2 "The Ethics of Educational and Social Research" from
Cohen's et al Research Methods in Education (pgs. 62-69)

Research Ethics
How to avoid Plagiarism?
How to handle note-taking? (summary, paraphrase and direct quotation)
Discussion

Research Documentation Styles:
Quick Review
1. Purdue University Writing Lab. “
Research and Citation Resources”
2. APA Style
3. APA Videocasts Purdue University Writing Lab

Components of a Research Paper
CHECKLIST

Week Two Essential Readings
For this week's three sessions, you are supposed to read the following:
Chapter 3 "Structuring the Research Project" from Walliman's Research Methods (pgs. 29-41) (checklists)
Selected Extracts from Chapters 7 & 8 "Collecting and Analyzing Secondary Data" & “Collecting Primary Data”
from Walliman's Research Methods (pgs. 78-112)
Extracts from Chapter 2 "The Ethics of Educational and Social Research" from Cohen's et al Research Methods
in Education (pgs. 62-69)
Chapter 4 “Using the Computer in your Research” from Winkler's and Metherell's Writing The Research
Paper (pgs. 37-47)
KAU Research ethics document
Purdue University Writing Lab. “Research and Citation Resources”
APA Style
APA Videocasts Purdue University Writing Lab

NEXT Lecture
Topic
Handling quotations, Review of literature, Research Methods (quantitative
and qualitative), Questionnaire Design, web apps in research.

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Jsp 2 Research Methods

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