Research Design and Methods

 

Imagine you, the student, are the professor for this course. Drawing from the information presented in Units I-VI, create an 8-slide PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes communicating the most important aspects of research methods. Be sure to cover the following points:

• Schematize philosophical assumptions, research worldviews, research methodologies, research traditions, and research designs.
• Diagram differences between a quantitative methodological research strategy and qualitative research strategy.
• Differentiate descriptive, explanatory, and exploratory research designs based on their unique characteristics.
• Compare and contrast descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. Explain the relationship of population, sampling frame, sampling design, and generalization.
• Illustrate the use of hypothesis testing in determining statistical significance.

Each slide must have speaker notes that further explains the information on the slide. Your presentation must be at least eight slides in length, not including cover slide and references, and you must use at least two academic resources, one of which must come from the CSU Online Library. Any resources used must be cited and referenced in APA format.