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Research and Evaluation: The Basics A Workshop for Educators Session 519 Saturday, June 30, 2007

Research and Evaluation: The Basics A Workshop for Educators Session 519 Saturday, June 30, 2007. Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. Scott Gardner, Ph.D. Research. Careful, thorough, patient, systematic investigation undertaken to establish facts or principles in field of study Use of the scientific method

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Research and Evaluation: The Basics A Workshop for Educators Session 519 Saturday, June 30, 2007

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  1. Research and Evaluation:The BasicsA Workshop for EducatorsSession 519Saturday, June 30, 2007 Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. Scott Gardner, Ph.D

  2. Research • Careful, thorough, patient, systematic investigation undertaken to establish facts or principles in field of study • Use of the scientific method • quantitative: statistics • qualitative: interviews

  3. Evaluation • Is my program accomplishing the goals and objectives? • How do participants view and experience the service?

  4. What’s good and what’s bad research? • Don’t do anything • Touchy Feely • Sample problems (biased) • No Control • Too Broad (change the world) • Bad Measures • Random Assignment

  5. Something is Much Better than Nothing!

  6. Ways of Collecting Data • Insider vs. Outsider • Questionnaires • Self-Anchored Rating Scales (Likert) • Interviews • Behavioral Observations (self and others, ratings) • Example of Husband TV Habits • Timed Daily logs • “Hard” measures

  7. Use Multiple Methods & Levels • Individual • Sibling Dyad • Couple Dyad • Parent-Child Dyad • Family • Community • Etc.

  8. What is reliability and validity?

  9. The benefit of using reliable and valid established measures

  10. Examples From our Research • From Scott’s research • From Rita’s research: Comparison of Marriage Education Program Participants

  11. Scales You Can Use • Dyadic Adjustment Scale • Marital Status Inventory • Conflict Tactics Scale

  12. Resources for finding measurement scales

  13. Overview of different research designs • Basics of pretest – posttest • Observation, interview, surveys

  14. Other issues • Informed consent • Protection of human subjects

  15. Statistics • Generalizability • What is statistical significance?

  16. Some statistical programs • SPSS • Excel

  17. Stat Help 101

  18. Dissemination

  19. What’s Your Plan? • Small Groups • My program • My population • My plan • Pre, Post, follow-up • Getting the word out

  20. free consultation and support • Please contact either of us for help or questions: • Rita DeMaria, Ph.D. • 215-628-2450 • DrDeMaria@marriagedoctor.com • Scott Gardner, Ph.D. • 605-688-5956 • GardnerS@BYUI.edu

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