Research Web Sites

Dr. William Kritsonis Professor McNeese State University

Relevant Internet Sites Related to Educational Research Study Guide 1 – Introduction to Educational Research Educational research – www.aera.net Program evaluation – www.eval.org Philosophy of science links – www.pitt.edu/~pittcntr/Links/links.htm

Study Guide 2 – Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Research Correlation coefficients - http://glass.ed.asu.edu/stats/lesson4/ http://ebook.stat.ucla.edu/textbook/ Qualitative research links – www.nova.edu/sss/QR/web.html

Study Guide 3 - Developing Research Questions and Proposal Preparation Published research articles – www.nationalforum.com

Study Guide 4 – Research Ethics The home page of the online ethics center – http://onlineethics.org/index.html/ The Office of Research Integrity of the Department of Health and Human Services – http://ori.dhhs.gov/ A site that contains articles on the ethics of research in cyberspace – http://venus.soci.niu.edu/~jthomas/ethics/ethics/ethics.html

Study 5 – Standardized Measurement and Assessment National Council on Measurement in Education – http://www.ncme.org/ Glossary of measurements terms – www.hbem.com/library/glossary.htm Another glossary of measurement terms – http://ericae.net/edo/ed315430.htm Frequently asked questions about measurement – www.creative.net.au/mirrors/neural/measurement.html How to evaluate a test – http://ericae.net/seltips.txt

Study 6 – Methods of Data Collection Free brochures explaining survey research, including data collection and questionnaire construction – www.amstat.org/sections/srms/whatsurvey.html Free guide on questionnaire and interview protocol construction – www.spss.com/uk/SurveyTipsnew.pdf Free handbook on mixed methods data collection – www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm

Study Guide 7 – Sampling A sample size calculator – http://www.surveysystem.com/sscale.htm A program that can be used for random selection and random assignment – http://www.randomizer.org/ Answers to some frequently asked questions about sampling from a sampling corporation – www.ssisamples.com/ssi.x2o$ssi_gen.faq_overview A program for conducting random assignment – www.graphpad.com/quickcalcs/randomize.cfm

Study Guide 8 – Validity of Research Results A website that provides a discussion of internal validity – http://trochim.human.cornel.edu/kb/intval.htm A website that provides a discussion of validity in both quantitative and qualitative research – www.nova.edu/ssss/OR/OR4-3/winter.html

Study Guide 9 – Experimental Research This site discusses many topics related to research methods. http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/tutorial/tutorial.htm This site discusses both experimental and quasi-experimental research designs – http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/design.htm This site will give you additional exposure to factorial designs as well as viewing and interpreting main effects and interactions: http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/expfact2.htm Study Guide 10 – Quasi-Experimental and Single-Case Designs Bill Trochim’s presentation on quasi-experiments – http://trochim.human.cornell.edu/kb/quasiexp.htm Journal of the Experimental analysis of behavior: has short videos and you can print out reprints of selected articles – www.envmed.rochester.edu/wwwrap/behavior/jeab/jeabhome.htm A site that focuses on single-case designs – www.unlv.edu/Colleges/Education/EP/scsadsgn.htm

Study Guide 11 – Nonexperimental Quantitative Research Program evaluation links – www.eval.org/EvaluationLinks/links.htm You can find many discussions of causality issues when using nonexperimental data in these archives of a popular academic discussion groups – http://bama.ua.edu/archives/semnet.html

Study Guide 12 – Qualitative Research The Grounded Theory Institute – www.groundedtheory.com/ The Library of Congress Resources in Ethnographic Studies – www.lcweb.loc.gov/folklife/other.html Web page of an important writer in phenomenology, Max Van Manen – www.ualberta.ca/~vanmanen/ Case studies – http://writing.colostate.edu/references/research/casestudy/pop2b.cfm

Study Guide 13 – Historical Research Award-winning site on doing history – www.dohistory.org/ Oral history – http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~heven/nr-method.html#oralhistory The 10 Commandments of Good Historical Writing – http://maple.lemoyne.edu/~heven/nr-method.html#oral history

Study 14 – Mixed Method and Mixed Model Research Bridges: Mixed Methods Network for Behavioral, Social, and Health Sciences – www.fiu.edu/~bridges/ A free book entitled “User Friendly handbook for Mixed Method Evaluation – www.ehr.nsf.gov/EHR/REC/pubs/NSF97-153/start.htm Glossary of mixed methods terms – www.fiu.edu/~bridges/glossary.htm Study Guide 15 – Descriptive Statistics An on-line statistics textbook – www.psychstat.smsu.edu/sbk00.htm Lots of Statistics-related links – http://wise.cgu.edu/ and

http://wise.cgu.edu/linksf.shtml Study Guide 16 – Inferential Statistics Demonstrations of statistical concepts www.ruf.rice.edu/~lane/stat_sim/index.html and www.anu.edu.au/nceph/surfstat/surfstate-home/applets.html An excellent on-line statistics textbook and related materials – http://davidmlane.com/hyperstat/index.html Explanations of most of the concepts discussed relative to inferential statistics – www.cas.lancs.ac.uk/glossary_v1.1/main.html

Study Guide 17 – Data Analysis in Qualitative Research Qualitative data analysis software links – www.ualberta.ca/~jrnorris/qda.html Lots of links to qualitative data analysis sites – www.slais.ubc.ca/resources/research_methods/qualitat.htm

Study guide 18 – Preparation of the Research Report William Strunk’s famous and very useful Elements of Style – http://sut1.sut.ac.th/strunk Harvard’s page on writing research papers www.gse.harvard.edu/~writing/links.html Plagiarism – www.indiana.edu/~wts/wts/plagiarism.html Several useful links for APA writing style – www.apastyle.org/faqs.html and www.apastyle.org.faqs.html and http://owl.english.purdue.edu/handouts/research/r_apa.html

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