Undergraduate Research Methods Across the Campus (or Slaying the Research Methods Beast)
Presentation Type
Poster Session
Location
Burnett Honors College
Start Date
2-10-2015 5:15 PM
End Date
2-10-2015 7:00 PM
Description/Abstract
The ERAU team will share their story of a well-meaning University President who asked the staff at the Office of Undergraduate Research, “How many of our students know how to do a Chi square test or know what a regression slope is?” The answer lead them on a two-year epic journey to find out what research methods are taught on their STEM-focused campus and if one research methods survey course could serve all majors. After consulting numerous texts, scholarly sources, and interviews, a list of nearly 125 data collection and analysis techniques was created and defined for dissemination to undergraduate course monitors. A glossary, preliminary survey data, limitations, and lessons learned will all be presented.
Undergraduate Research Methods Across the Campus (or Slaying the Research Methods Beast)
Burnett Honors College
The ERAU team will share their story of a well-meaning University President who asked the staff at the Office of Undergraduate Research, “How many of our students know how to do a Chi square test or know what a regression slope is?” The answer lead them on a two-year epic journey to find out what research methods are taught on their STEM-focused campus and if one research methods survey course could serve all majors. After consulting numerous texts, scholarly sources, and interviews, a list of nearly 125 data collection and analysis techniques was created and defined for dissemination to undergraduate course monitors. A glossary, preliminary survey data, limitations, and lessons learned will all be presented.