Research Methods

Catalog description

This course is designed to equip students with the theoretical techniques and skills to identify research problems and apply appropriate qualitative and quantitative research methods. The course presents strategies of inquiry for evaluating research problems that require numerical and non-numerical data analysis in order to understand relationships among quantitative variables and themes of qualitative data. The course develops the student's understanding of sampling, data collection, and analysis for incorporation into research methodologies. Format and structure of scholarly reports, meeting the conventions of the student's field of study, are presented to elevate the student's understanding of research frameworks involving problem identification, review of literature, research methodology, and reporting results, conclusions, and recommendations.