RESEARCH METHODS IN TECHNOLOGY

Catalog description

Research techniques for the technologist. Methods for designing, conducting, analyzing and interpreting results of technological research. Course allows students to become informed consumers of all forms of research used in different fields. Students identify various research approaches and the strengths and limitations associated with different approaches. Focus is on the context of educational research; philosophy underlying research; the scientific method; the relationship of theory to research; research strategies; experimental design; non-experimental design; sampling; hypotheses; and other pertinent aspects of research.