Topics
include (1) research design: elements
of the research process, types
of designs, program evaluation; (2) ethical considerations
of research: informed consent, research with diverse and vulnerable populations, research with children, human subjects review; (3) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; (4) basic statistical concepts: frequency distributions,
central tendency,
measures of variability, correlation.
Topics
include (1) elements
of the research process; (2) types
of designs, program evaluation; (3) ethical considerations
of research: informed consent, research with diverse and vulnerable populations, research with children, human subjects review; (4) basic measurement concepts: validity, reliability, norms, score interpretation; and (5) basic statistical concepts: frequency distributions,
central tendency,
measures of variability, correlation, normal curve, hypothesis testing, significance tests.