Program

Thursday

Participant Workspace
(limited access)

8:00-8:45 Introductions, Survey, Pop Quiz, Workshop Goals

8:45-9:00 Key Idea #1: Qualitative and quantitative techniques each play a critical rose in education research.

9:00-9:30 Planning Research and data collection activity: What types of data should you collect to best answer your research questions?

  • Variable types
  • Sample size
  • experimental design
  • Validity and reliability in measurement

9:30-9:45 Break

9:45-10:45 Choosing a statistical test activity: How do you best analyze data once it is collected?

10:45 Road Check

11:00 Adjourn for the day

Friday

8:00-8:15 Day 1 Reflection and Recall

8:15-9:30 Interpreting results of statistical analyses

  • p-values
  • Effect size
  • Test specific results (e.g. variance accounted for, fit indices)

9:30-9:45 break

9:45-10:45 Evaluating published statistical methods

10:45 Workshop evaluation

11:00 Adjourn