WMST 4011 Understanding Research in Women’s Studies

SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS

 

This site will be used to post handouts mentioned on the reading list plus other class examples and related material.  Many of these articles are examples designed to help you understand and practice the ideas discussed in class. Select from the list below, and check back often for new postings.

 

Supportive Material and Exercises       

Syllabus

Daily reading/assign. updated 10/2

Final exam take home essays.  updated 12/4               in Word or in rtf

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   UGA academic honesty

   APA citation guidelines

   UGA IRB guidelines

        “What criteria does Board use..”

        Application for Approval

            (open top application link)

       Student IRB form  (.rtf file)

 

   Worksheets for readings:

      Dall’Ara article in html or in Word

      Dowdall article in html or in Word

      In the Shadow of the Arch in html or in Word 

      Comparing conflicting research in rtf or in Word

 

   Articles

      Samdahl: Methodological and epistemological…

            (in Word or in  .rtf format)

      Johnson & Samdahl: How dare they be here…

            (ethnography in Word or in  .rtf format)

     

 

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS (not assigned but you might find them useful)

Basic guides to: (.rtf files)

            Basic guide to questionnaires

            Basic guide to evaluation           

            Basic guide to interviews

            Basic guide to focus groups

 

NSF HANDBOOK ON EVALUATION (pdf files)

            Ch 1 and 2: Planning evaluations

            Ch 3: Overview of methods

            Ch 4: Writing reports

            Ch 5: Examples

 

Project Star Workbook on Evaluation (.rtf file)

 

STATISTICS

Interpreting Statistics, a handout that summarizes some main points about statistics

     Word version  or  RTF version

 

NOTE: examples below might take a moment to load

   Practice with means and std deviations  (.rtf)

   Practice with crosstab table and p-values  (.rtf)

 

Further explanation of confidence intervals from class on 10/9

Links below have not been assigned

QUESTIONNAIRES / SURVEY RESEARCH

National Opinion Research Center explanation of their survey procedure

Handout: Asking questions about sensitive topics

Survey research links

Web-based questionnaire examples

References for questionnaire design

MISCELLANEOUS HANDOUTS

Sources of error

Standardized testing 

Figure: Program Outcome Model

 

Intro to Statistics with SPSS, a

step-by-step discussion with examples

     Word version     

     RTF version