WMST 4011 Understanding Research in Women’s Studies
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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.
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Supportive
Material and Exercises |
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Daily
reading/assign. updated 10/2 Final exam take home essays.
updated 12/4 in Word
or in rtf ============================ APA citation
guidelines
“What criteria does Board
use..” (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… 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) NSF HANDBOOK ON EVALUATION (pdf
files)
Ch
1 and 2: Planning evaluations Project Star
Workbook on Evaluation (.rtf file) |
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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)
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Further explanation of confidence intervals from class on
10/9
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Links below have not been assigned
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QUESTIONNAIRES
/ SURVEY RESEARCH
National
Opinion Research Center explanation of their survey procedure Handout:
Asking questions about sensitive topics |
MISCELLANEOUS HANDOUTS
Sources of error
Standardized
testing
Intro to Statistics with SPSS, a step-by-step discussion with examples RTF version
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