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1. Week #1:  Introduction to Research 
2. Week #2:  Evidence-based practice
• (optional for fun) Chicken Little      
3. Week #3: (NOTE: CHANGE in syllabus for week #3.  Read chapter 2, 4, & 8)   
   • i) Review of literature
   • ii) Basic Research Terminology & Processes
   • iii) Frameworks

  

4. Week #4: Meet in library! Marcia Henry (HSCI Librarian)
5. Week 5:    Research problems & hypotheses
6. Week #6:  After exam work on... Research ethics: CE(turn in certificate for credit); (Highfield notes)    
7. Week #7: Quantitative research designs
   • (optional for fun) The Hunch-Test of Notre Dame
8. Week #8:  Qualitative research designs
• (optional for fun) The Wizard of IRB
9. Week #9:  Populations & samples
   • (optional for fun) The Triad of Little Pigs
10. Week #10:After exam work on your project!
11. Week #11:  Data collection
• (optional for fun) Measures R Us:  Report to the Great Pumpkin
12. Week #12: Data quality
    • (optional for fun) Snow White & the 7 Threats to Validity
    • (optional for fun) Cinderella...or the Measurement of True Love
13. Week #13: Data analysis [Check out this statistics algorithm! (if anyone knows source please tell me)]
    • (optional for fun) Goldilocks & The 3 Levels of Data
    • (optional for fun) The Princess & the p-value
14. Week #14:  Study week
15. Week #15: Paper due;  Catch up week
16. Week #16:  Catch up week; Critiquing research
17. Week #17:  Final comprehensive exam 0800-1050

SAMPLE WORK OF PAST STUDENTS

These are samples only of real student projects.  They are NOT perfect, but they are good ones; and I believe the paper uses the Older Stetler model with an extra "decision-making" step in it. 

Sample powerpoint

Sample paper 1

Other handouts

• See syllabus for weekly readings and work
• Worksheet (deadlines in syllabus)
• Primary article analysis downloadable worksheets (Davies & Logan)
• Processes Contrasted:  Research vs. EBP vs. RU

updated 8/09