Understanding Human Development and Family Research

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Students who complete HDFS 314 will have a broad understanding of the methodological principles and the techniques used to measure human and family behavior. Students will also acquire an understanding of how statistics, reading, and writing research are integrated together for a complete learning experience. By the end of the semester, students will have gained a supplementary understanding of the research process. Students who successfully complete HDFS 314 will have become proficient (1) in the use of standard methodological terminology related to HDFS research. (2) in the use reference managing software (such as Zotero or Mandalay). (3) using software for family data collection (such as Qualtrics, SPSS, or Excel). (4) recording and reporting family data collected from "participants." (5) analyzing family data sets through the use of standard statistical analysis.