EDU7702-8+Research+Design

Started: 18 June 2012 Ended: 20 July 2012 Final Grade: A (99.25/100.00)
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I'm looking forward to getting back into prepping for the dissertation in this and the final research course. Time is getting short before COMPS! At the start of this course I have ten weeks before I expect to start COMPS - so there is quite a bit of work to do over the next nine weeks to finish three classes!

Assignment 1: The Application of Theory (100.0/100.0) I was beginning to doubt my ability to write. My past two Mentors just would not give me a 100 for any reason! It's nice to have a good start to the class! 

Assignment 2: External, Internal, and Construct Validity (94.9/100.0) - I really enjoyed this paper! Am hoping that my Mentor also enjoys it - and gets it back to me! This paper contained strange feedback - 100% for content, a B- for writing. I'm not sure that I've ever had a paper counted this poorly on the writing end. Oh well! I suppose that I'll have to do better! 

Assignment 3: CITI Course and Ethics (100.0/100.0) - The CITI course does take quite a while to do - there are 15 sections and each except the last has a quiz. There are 64 questions total and you are expected to pass with an 85% or higher. I was tired at the beginning and got three questions wrong because I wasn't totally focused, but ended up with a 93%. The paper was fun to write and I'm hoping that my Mentor enjoys it as well! 

Assignment 4: Survey Data Collection and Conducting Research on the Internet (100.0/100.0) - The URL for the required survey is at []. I don't know how long these surveys are kept alive in the free accounts but I felt that it has some pretty good quantitative and qualitative questions regarding my proposed research. Good feedback from my Mentor and some suggestions on improving the questions.

Assignment 5: Exploratory Methods (97.5/100.0) - This assignment explored different types of qualitative designs. I don't plan on using a qualitative design in my dissertation but the assignment was interesting.

Assignment 6: Northcentral's Dissertation Expectations (100.0/100.0) - A look at the different ways to work with the research expectations and sections of the Concept Paper. No corrections in the paper - and a compliment on the way that I approached it - nice!

Assignment 7: Hypothetical Research Designs (100.0/100.0) - A compare and contrast on two research designs; case study versus survey.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">Assignment 8: Research Proposal (100.0/100.0) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif; font-size: 120%;">- This is the form of my research proposal at this point. Great feedback on the proposal, and more work to do to get it 'fixed' as a problem that is worthy of research. I've approached my company regarding getting approval to do this, and I'll need to tailor it to what they're willing to allow me to do as well. Right now, this is my best guess as to what I can do, but I have some additional thoughts to add as I go.


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