Faculty Development
IES What Works Clearinghouse: Designing Quasi-Experiments Webinar
The March 2015 What Works Clearinghouse (WWC) webinar “Designing Quasi-Experiments: Meeting What Works Clearinghouse Standards Without Random Assignment” explained how to design and execute high-quality quasi-experimental designs (QEDs) with the intent of meeting WWC standards with reservations. The presentation included guidance on key features to keep in mind while designing the study, information the WWC looks for in order to assess the study, pitfalls and strengths of studies reviewed by the WWC, and common misconceptions about different types of QEDs.
Both randomized controlled trials and quasi-experimental designs have the potential to meet WWC standards. While randomized controlled trials provide the strongest evidence and can meet standards without reservations, random assignment is not always possible. However, there are other ways to evaluate interventions and provide reliable evidence.
Click on the Presentation Slides link below to view the webinar. Links to the pdf attachments in the webinar are also provided below:
Resources
Project Management
Proposals from A to Z
Scholarly Writing and Publishing
The OER is pleased to provide an audio recording of Dr. J. Yellowlees Douglas’ presentation on Scholarly Writing and Publishing. This brown bag session was held on March 26, 2009 as part of the OER-sponsored faculty and doctoral student development series.
Dr. Yellowlees Douglas is Associate Professor in the Warrington College of Business Administration. She has published articles in nine disciplines and held faculty positions in sociology (Brunel University, UK) and English (The City University of New York and UF), prior to becoming Associate Professor of Management Communication. She has taught writing in virtually every discipline and currently holds a National Institutes of Health grant to teach writing to faculty in the colleges of Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Health Professions. She has published over thirty articles of primary research on hypermedia, cognition, and writing. She is also the author of the short story, “I Have Said Nothing,” which was selected for Post Modern American Fiction: A Norton Anthology and The End of Books or Books without End? Reading Interactive Fiction (2000).
Survey Research
Note: If students are interested in learning more about survey development, implementation, and analysis, they should take EDF6471 Survey Design and Analysis in Educational Research offered by the Research and Evaluation Methodology (REM) program in School of Human Development and Organizational Studies in Education (HDOSE).
- Comparison Survey Methods
- Creating Survey Items
- Data Management
- Data Management in Survey Methods
- Exercise Violations of Dillman’s Principles to Write Questions
- Preparing Final Report
- Principles of Questionnaire Design
- Sample Cover Letter
- Survey Data Analysis
- Survey Implementation
- Survey Methods 101 Overview