RES 785: Applied Research Seminar

	Cooper, D. R., & Schindler, P. S. (2008). Business research methods (10th ed.). New York : McGraw-Hill.
	Aaron, J. E. (2007). The little, brown compact handbook (6th ed.). New York: Pearson Education.

Syllabus
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RES 785: Jan / Apr 2010

Lecture Notes
Live session 1: APA Citation Protocol (PowerPoint file - 627b)
Live session 2: Characteristics of a Good Presentation (PowerPoint file - 68kb)
Live session 3: Research Design and Sampling (PowerPoint file - 1.1mb)
Live session 4: Measurement (PowerPoint file - 245kb)
Live session 5: Empirical Research (PowerPoint file - 484kb)
Live session 6: Descriptive Statistics (PowerPoint file - 484kb)
Live session 7: Conducting Interviews (PowerPoint file - 142kb)

Handouts
Basic Methods of Research (PDF file - 10kb)
Reliability and Validity (PDF file - 19kb)
Informed Consent Form (PDF file - 6kb)

Levels of Measurement and Requisite Analyses of the Data
Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Research Methods Knowledge Base

Advice for Writing the Research Proposal
Here's a list of the most common research proposal mistakes.

"If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough." -- Albert Einstein. The key here is understanding that a longer manuscript is not necessarily better than a shorter one. Further, one should articulate their research topic, methodology, results, and conclusions clearly and cogently and be ever mindful of the characteristics of their audience.

Beginner's Guide to the Research Proposal: A Website highlighting common pitfalls.


How to Write a Research Proposal: The value of this source is summed up nicely in its opening paragraph "To put it bluntly, one's research is only as a good as one's proposal. An ill-conceived proposal dooms the project even if it somehow gets through the Thesis Supervisory Committee."

American Psychological Association (APA) Citation Protocol
Bedford/St. Martin's
This site provides great information on properly citing online sources.

Purdue University's Online Writing Lab
This site has a wealth of information on the proper citation protocol for your papers. Brought to you by my alma mater, it's definitely worth a look. (Be sure to scroll down the page to see the examples.)

The Assignment Process
From the University of Waikato. Provides many great examples.

Still struggling with the APA format? Then consider purchasing APA Perrla.

Grammar Guidance
Tense in Academic Writing
Good resource if you're somewhat confused as to when to use past and present tense in your research proposals.

Literature Review
Scholarly & Academic Research
See any one of the links under the 'Searchable Journal Articles' heading.

Writing the Literature Review: A Website with very exhaustive coverage of this topic.

Evaluating Web Sites
A great source of information to use in the determination of a Web site's credibility.


Survey Development
The Survey System
Includes the steps involved in survey design, a sample size calculator, and information on the use of correlations.

Designing Surveys and Questionnaires
Great source for general survey development guidelines.

Data Analysis Tool
StatCrunch
A very low-cost Web-based statistical analysis tool.