Has Your Research Study been Approved?: Five Approval Items to Consider Before Conducting Research
Posted on November 7, 2016 8:26 am MST, by Diane Gavin
Program Dean for the School of Advanced Studies Diane Gavin, Ph.D. discusses the approvals needed to successfully and ethically complete your research.
Since our discussion about the Transparency and Openness Promotion (TOP) guidelines, the chorus for greater data transparency in research is growing louder with another dimension to the conversation.
Posted on October 11, 2016 11:10 am MST, by C Facemire
Spotting a predatory publisher can be difficulty even for experienced research. We’ve gathered our best suggestions to make it easy for new and experienced researchers alike.
Have you as a chair or committee member of doctoral learning ever wondered what research-based competencies you need in aiding your dissertation learners? Have you as a dissertation learner wanted to tell your chair and committee members what competencies you would like them to have? In order to answer these questions, I devised a study based on competencies for dissertation chairs by Schichtel (2010).
Paul and Elder (2000) claimed that answers are privileged above questions in our society - witness every textbook that contains assertion after assertion, each of which is actually the answer to a question. The answers are published, but not the questions. Asking the right questions while reading can be very helpful to learners in advanced social studies.
Secondary data – or “second-hand analysis” – can be and is often used for valuable research contributions. Learn more about what it is, why it matters, and more.