{"id":2413,"date":"2021-04-09T07:51:00","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T11:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/drlynnekennette.ca\/?p=2413"},"modified":"2024-05-06T07:25:18","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T11:25:18","slug":"quick-and-easy-research-projects","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drlynnekennette.ca\/index.php\/2021\/04\/09\/quick-and-easy-research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Quick and Easy Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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In December, I asked for your feedback via a survey. One of the comments in it requested information about the types of research projects that are the quickest and easiest to produce. The short answer to that is that projects requiring no new data collection (i.e., those which collect data through secondary use approval) will be the least time-consuming to produce. Here\u2019s my rationale for this response and some ways to begin.
With a secondary use of data project, you have already collected the information you need, so you won\u2019t need to request volunteers to participate (which sometimes takes a long time). Additionally, in many cases, you won\u2019t need to ask for permission with a consent form to use it. For example, in many cases, it would be more harmful to participants to be contacted by you to request they consent to you using their grades in your class (or impossible to do so if they have graduated and are no longer Durham College students). Finally, the REB application form for secondary use is much shorter and less time-consuming to complete, so that part of the project is also less time-consuming.
\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Now for some project ideas. Think back to any semester where you have changed something in your course. Perhaps you have included a new activity to review for tests. Or perhaps you flipped your classroom. Or you might have been scheduled in a very nice classroom for a change and wonder if that influenced students\u2019 grades. Or if you keep a seating chart, perhaps you have a hypothesis related to students\u2019 chosen seat in the class affecting performance in some way. In each of these cases, you didn\u2019t intend to collect students\u2019 performance for the purpose of research (you collected this information in order to assess learning and assign a grade), but you can use these data to test a hypothesis.
So that\u2019s where I would start for an \u201ceasy\u201d, and less time-consuming research project. I hope this post has given you some food for thought!\u00a0As always, if you have any suggestions for things you\u2019d like to see from me, please reach out to me via email or on MS Teams, or pop in during my weekly \u201coffice hours\u201d on whereby(dot)com(slash)drlynne<\/a> (every Friday from 12:30-1:30).\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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