Description
This course addresses planning, implementation, and evaluation needed to develop a comprehensive understanding of behavioral research as applied to the graduate student's research context. Statistical concepts used in data evaluation are studied. Students will review the relationships between measurement and evaluation, and their connection to state, local and classroom assessments used in their practice. Students will prepare a preliminary proposal for the Institutional Review Board (IRB). Reference citations, tables and figures will follow the current American Psychological Association (APA) manual. Course Projects include IRB Proposal and draft of Chapter One for Graduate Thesis/Special Project.