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Explore the foundations of quantitative research, and learn how to tackle your own quantitative research study.
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Introduction
- Welcome
- What is social science research?
- Research instrument structure
- Types of research design
- Generalize your research
- Replicate research
- Independent and dependent variables
- Elements of a research question
- How to write a research question
- Create research objectives
- Research frameworks and hypotheses
- Understand the null hypothesis
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
- Purpose of a literature review
- How to develop a literature review
- Anonymity and confidentiality in research studies
- Objectivity and subjectivity in your study
- Narrow your idea to a research topic
- Broaden your idea to a research topic
- How to develop a problem statement
- Outline your research proposal
- Population sampling
- How to use preexisting data
- Develop questionnaire and survey instruments
- Understand research significance
- How to present your data in written form
- How to present your data in numeric form
- Explain your research results
- Limitations, recommendations, and future research
- Write your abstract and final summary
- Research ethics
- Working with institutional review boards
- Next steps
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Academic Research Foundations: Quantitative
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Explore the foundations of quantitative research, and learn how to tackle your own quantitative research study.
Introduction
- Welcome
- What is social science research?
- Research instrument structure
- Types of research design
- Generalize your research
- Replicate research
- Independent and dependent variables
- Elements of a research question
- How to write a research question
- Create research objectives
- Research frameworks and hypotheses
- Understand the null hypothesis
- Deductive and inductive reasoning
- Purpose of a literature review
- How to develop a literature review
- Anonymity and confidentiality in research studies
- Objectivity and subjectivity in your study
- Narrow your idea to a research topic
- Broaden your idea to a research topic
- How to develop a problem statement
- Outline your research proposal
- Population sampling
- How to use preexisting data
- Develop questionnaire and survey instruments
- Understand research significance
- How to present your data in written form
- How to present your data in numeric form
- Explain your research results
- Limitations, recommendations, and future research
- Write your abstract and final summary
- Research ethics
- Working with institutional review boards
- Next steps
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