Grade Report: PHL/717
Grade Summary (Week 8)Grade: A-
Total Percentage: 92.5%
Your Total Score: 92.5
Total Possible Score: 100
Week 8
Possible Score Your Score
Final Paper 24.0 23.3
Comment:
Excellent Job!! You provided a paper that included paragraph transitions which
improved the overall flow of your paper. However you had some sentences that
were grammatically incorrect. Also, you failed to fully explain the operative
paradigms.
Week 8 Subtotal : 24 23.3
Cumulative Week 8 Subtotal : 100 92.5
Week 8 Feedback:
Please see comments regarding assignment feedback.
WOOT! I passed AND with an A-! I was hoping for at lease a B. Ha! I was called up by the professor because I was not doing my participation requirements enough or accurately so I was determined to fix that and thankfully it all worked out.
Onto my next course, RES711. Now before I go into the requirements of RES711, I need to note that I know I need to improve on the scheduling for two things: participation and readings. Participation is required three times a week, twice a day. It's not easy because you have to cite everything and you have to have posts to reply to available. I have pretty much got that part down now in previous course. So the next thing I thought about was trying to get a good eReader for the Phoenix eBooks to read on my iPad. Surprisingly, there aren't many apps that can unlock these eBooks. However, after much trial, error, research, and $9.99, I finally found one called PDF Reader Pro Edition for iPad. It works as expected of a reader with very few limitations. So long as I can read the material, I am good.
Here is the basic requirements list for RES711 (not the syllabus):
RES/711 FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF SOUND RESEARCH
Start Date: 06/05/2012
COURSE DESCRIPTION
This course surveys a broad range of quantitative and qualitative research methodologies to prepare learners to apply them to a variety of research questions. Topics include an overview of the research process, developing problem statements, framing research questions, conducting a literature review (with an emphasis on reading and evaluating existing research), and plagiarism.
Course Competencies
- Develop an understanding of epistemology and ontology of quantitative and qualitative inquiry.
- Identify deductive and inductive research paradigms.
- Differentiate between quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method studies.
- Explain the nature of measurement in qualitative and quantitative research.
- Identify different types of variables, operational definitions, and levels of measurement.
- Examine the role of statistics in different types of research.
- Discuss the importance of concepts of methodological rigor and validity.
- Evaluate published quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods research studies.
- Summarize the literature review process, purpose, and significance.
- Recognize ethical and social justice issues associated with human subjects research.
WEEK 1 - TOPIC 1: FUNDAMENTALS OF RESEARCH
Materials
The texts used in this course are:
EBOOK COLLECTION: Christensen, L. B., Johnson, R. B., & Turner, L. A. (2010). Research methods, design, and analysis (11 ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
EBOOK COLLECTION: Leedy, P. D., & Ormrod, J. E. (2010). Practical research: Planning and design (9th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall.
EBOOK COLLECTION: Neuman, W. L. (2005). Social research methods: Qualitative and quantitative approaches (6th ed.). Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
EBOOK COLLECTION: Willis, J. W. (2007). Foundations of qualitative research: Interpretive and critical approaches. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
BUY BOOK: Kuhn, T. (1996). The structure of scientific revolutions. Chicago, IL: The University of Chicago Press.
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 1
Leedy & Ormrod (2010) – Read Ch. 1
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 1 (pp. 1–14 )
Wills (2007) – Read Ch. 1-3
Kuhn (1996) – Read all chapters by Week Eight.
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Note. All the Electronic Reserve Readings for this course are located under Week One.
Supplemental Materials:
BUY BOOK: American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
University of Phoenix Material: Research Reading List
Assessment
Nongraded Activities and Preparation: CITI Certification
All doctoral learners must take an online human subjects training course. By Week Eight, you will be required to complete the Collaborative Institutions Training Initiative (CITI) course and certifications. To access the course, learners must first register with the CITI website—University of Phoenix’s partner in human subjects training. To register, please complete the following process:
- Log on to the CITI website at www.citiprogram.org.
- Scroll to and click the Continue to Register link.
- Click theBasic modules for biomedical or social and behavioral researchers link.
- Click the CITI Core Course link.
- Complete all required fields in the online form; a registration e-mail will be sent to you within 1 business day with all essential information for accessing and completing your course.
- Save all certificates of completion on your local hard drive and provide a copy of the certificate to your facilitator for credit.
Note. You must score at least 80% on the entire CITI training course across all modules to pass.
Individual Assignment: Doctoral Student Preparedness Assessment
Complete the Doctoral Student Preparedness Assessment located under the Week One materials on your student website. This assessment will not be graded, although you will receive points for completing it. It will function as a baseline to assess your current understanding of research concepts, fundamental principles, and how to conduct sound, ethical research studies. This assessment will be administered again at the end of your program to measure your growth as a research scholar.
Take a screenshot of your results page and submit them to your facilitator to receive credit.
QUIZ: Doctoral Student Preparedness Assessment
WEEK 2 - TOPIC 1: FOUNDATIONS OF RESEARCH
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 2, 5, & 6
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 1 (pp. 14–20 )
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Foundations of Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 3 - TOPIC 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS I
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 14 & 15
Willis (2007) – Read Ch. 6
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Practice of Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 4 - TOPIC 1: THE RESEARCH PROCESS II
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 2
Willis (2007) – Read Ch. 4 & 5
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 2
University of Phoenix Material: Exploring Research Methods
University of Phoenix Material: Overview of Common Research Methods and Designs
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Process of Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 5 - TOPIC 1: REVIEWING LITERATURE
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 3
Leedy & Ormrod (2010) – Read Ch. 4
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 5
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Literature Review Analysis Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 6 - TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF QUANTITATIVE RESEARCH
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 8, 10, & 12
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 9, 10, & 12
Leedy & Ormrod (2010) – Read Ch. 9 & 10
University of Phoenix Material: Quantitative Research Designs
University of Phoenix Material: Quantitative Research Methods
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix: Fundamentals of Quantitative Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 7 - TOPIC 1: OVERVIEW OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Willis (2007) – Read Ch. 7 & 8
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 13
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 13-15
Leedy & Ormrod (2010) – Read Ch. 7 & 8
University of Phoenix Material: Qualitative Research Designs
University of Phoenix Material: Qualitative Research Methods
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
WEEK 8 - TOPIC 1: ETHICAL BEHAVIOR IN RESEARCH
Materials
The reading assignments for this week are:
Christensen (2010) – Read Ch. 4
Neuman (2005) – Read Ch. 5
Leedy & Ormrod (2010) – Ch. 4 (pp. 101 –104)
ARTICLE: Electronic Reserve Readings
Assessment
University of Phoenix Material: Critical Behavior in Research Template
Please refer to your syllabus for assignment information.
