IND 4110 - Research Methods

• Summarize the major steps involved in conducting scientific research
• Provide examples of different types of research
• Plan a research study
• Provide examples of the different types of data that can be collected (i.e., quantitative and qualitative) and identify corresponding data collection techniques
• Provide examples of the different types of analysis that can be done
• Describe critical issues related to the development of interviews and surveys
• Explain reliability, validity, and research limitations
• Appraise and criticize others’ research through a peer review process
• Discuss substantive issues related to a research topic
• Present results from a research study in a written report and an oral presentation

• Basic knowledge and understanding of statistics including distributions, variability, means, standard deviations, and percentiles
• Basic knowledge and understanding of inferential statistics (i.e., correlations, t-tests, ANOVA, regression analysis)

• Introduction to research
• Research topics and methods
• Literature review
• Experimental design
• Interviews, focus groups, and surveys
• Human subjects
• Data collection
• Data analysis
• Limitations of research, reporting results, and formatting
• Peer review
• Getting a paper published and writing proposals
• Corporate research and development
• Presentation of student research projects