PDSC Faculty Research and Collaboration Workshop Additional Resources

Glossary of Terms

Session 1 -- "I've got a great idea for a study..."

• Framework for choosing research methods
• Evaluating and selecting Library and Information Science research methods
• Identifying research questions and/or hypotheses
• Session 1 Glossary

Session 2 -- "I want to ask, but how do I phrase the question?"

• Survey/Questionnaire development and basics of measurement
  
• Interview  and Focus Group Design, Development and protocols
• Basics of sampling
• Session 2 Glossary

Session 3 -- "I have all this data...now what?"

• Choosing software packages
• Data management
• Validity and Reliability
• Session 3 Glossary

Session 4 -- "p<.05 is good, right? Interpreting Output (What  they didn't teach you in grad school)"

• Review of commonly used statistics
• Output examples from JMP and SPSS
• Nuances of qualitative data analysis
• Analysis and Output options from NVivo
• Session 4 Glossary

Session 5 -- "O.K. Study is done...now to publish it -- why does every journal seem to have different requirements?"

• Questions to ask when selecting a journal
• Issues of Peer review
• Sorting through written and unwritten expectations of editors
• Communicating with editors
• Structuring the manuscript
• Basics of APA, Chicago Manual, and
  

Session 6 -- "Manuscript Revisions...Ugh!"

• Reviews
• Revisions
• Rejections

Session 7 -- Collaborative Research and Grant Writing Discussion Session