Site Index

1. The Question
   • Good research questions
   • Review of the literature
   • Hypotheses
2. Research Basics
   • Measurement validity
   • Causation
   • Indicators of Concepts
   • Samples
   • IRB/Ethics
   • External validity
3. Types of Research
   • Content analysis
   • Secondary analysis
   • Observation
4. Survey Research
1. Face to face interviews
2. Telephone interviews
3. Handed-out questionnaires
4. Mailed questionnaires
5. Response rates
6. Increased response
7. Good questions
8. Question format
9. Question order
10. Pre-testing
5. Analysis
   • Codebooks
   • Entering data
   • Missing data
   • Statistics
6. Examples
   • Example 1
   • Example 2
7. Quizzes
   • Quiz 1 (question format)
   • Quiz 2 ("the basics")
   • Quiz 3 (survey research)
   • Quiz 4 (other research/analysis)