Research Courses - EdD Major
Summer Conference
- Textbooks are available at the NSU Bookstore prior to the start of each term and are listed in the syllabi.
Required Course
EDD 9300 METHODS OF INQUIRY - 6 credits
Syllabus
Course Description
The purpose of this core course is to train doctoral students in the use of the scientific approach in educational and human service research, to ensure informed decision-making grounded in empirical research. A theory to practice model will place emphasis on applied research. After learning about various research designs, students will develop the elements of a research proposal, based on a problem in the workplace, a related literature review, and a description of the methodology appropriate to conduct the study. While in the course, students will be expected to complete the online CITI training modules, a requirement for research submitted for Institutional Review Board (IRB) approval, including all Nova/FSEHS dissertations. On completing the course, students should be able to complete their Concept Paper, the first of three benchmarks in the Nova/FSEHS dissertation process.
Elective Courses
ARC 8912 STATISTICAL METHODS - 3 credits
Syllabus
Course Description
This course is designed for graduate students with the aim of communicating the basic conceptual and procedural components of descriptive, parametric, and non-parametric analyses. The emphasis is on the explanation of these concepts and the applications to “real-life” and research-based paradigms so that students can become more skilled at interpreting empirical findings and develop the skills necessary to complete an applied dissertation.
ARC 8913 Program Evaluation and Policy Analysis - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course will examine key concepts, methods, and approaches in the field of evaluation research. Students will be exposed to the theoretical and methodological diversity inherent in current evaluation practices across a number of substantive areas (e.g., social services, education, and business). The comprehensive range of activities involved in designing, implementing, and assessing the utility of social programs will be a primary focus of the course.
ARC 8914 Educational Assessment - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course addresses the need for practitioners in the fields of education and human services to develop a comprehensive understanding of the assessment processes. Specifically, educators, administrators, and health care practitioners require foundational knowledge of the bases for assessment in a classroom or a clinical setting, as well as the understanding of how to craft and use assessments and the ability to analyze and interpret scores. The practical implications of this course are based on the need of today’s practitioners, including the ability to (a) choose valid and reliable instruments when conducting research, (b) create assessment protocols to drive decision making and classroom instruction, (c) acquire critical knowledge necessary to conduct and critique assessments, and (d) set recommendations into practice.
ARC 8915 SURVEY RESEARCH - 3 credits
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Course Description
The Survey Research course is designed to provide doctoral students with an overview of survey research methods. Topics in the course will include survey design, implementation, sampling, data collection, follow-up, analyses, and ethics. Students will design a pilot survey in preparation for their dissertation research.
ARC 8916 QUALITATIVE RESEARCH - 3 credits
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Course Description
The purpose of the Qualitative Research course is to introduce doctoral students to the principles of research methods. The course content includes in-depth and formal interviewing techniques, principles of field observation, content analysis, literature reviews, historical analysis, focus groups, questionnaire design, and philosophical inquiry into qualitative research perspectives. Major emphasis in the course is placed upon learning how to integrate qualitative methods as appropriate.
ARC 8917 ADVANCED PROGRAM EVALUATION - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course is intended to provide students with an in-depth and comprehensive foundation in advanced program evaluation methods. Topics will include development and use of logic models, as well as the use of quasi-experimental and randomized designs in evaluation research. A wide range of data collection procedures, including conventional (e.g., systematic surveys) and non-conventional (e.g., trained observer ratings), will be highlighted. The course will introduce a range of strategies for analysis of evaluation data that will facilitate the use of statistical procedures in evaluation research, address qualitative approaches to analysis of evaluation data and will provide guidance on the application of cost-effectiveness and cost-benefit techniques in program evaluation.
ARC 8918 ADVANCED STATISTICAL METHODS - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course is designed to build on material reviewed in the Statistical Methods course and is developed to acquaint students with advanced statistical procedures. Areas that will be covered will include factorial analysis of variance (ANOVA), univariate ANOVA post hoc tests, analysis of covariance (ANCOVA), repeated measures analysis, multiple regression, and power analysis. In addition, the course will encompass a review of select multivariate statistical techniques. This course will emphasize the application of these statistical procedures to real world challenges that students may encounter in their research or work setting.
ARC 8919 SINGLE SUBJECT RESEARCH - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course covers basic concepts and methods employed in single subject research. Participants will learn about single subject research designs including the case study, AB and its variations, changing criterion, multiple baseline, and alternating treatment designs. Important factors in designing and critically reviewing single subject research will be presented, along with options for analyzing data from single subject research studies. Ethical issues in single subject research will also be reviewed.
ARC 8920 MIXED METHODS - 3 credits
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Course Description
This course is designed to provide students with an understanding of mixed methods approaches to research studies. Appropriate strategies for incorporating both quantitative and qualitative paradigms will be explored. Specific issues, challenges, and considerations encountered in using mixed methodologies will be addressed in detail. The conflict between positivism and constructivism will be investigated, as will various examples of mixed model designs applicable to education and human services.
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