1. Introduction: Research Methods
Helping students grasp idea and process of Methods
Source: College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Pages 74-75

2. What are Research Methods?
Discussion

3. Research Methods: Defined
The process by which various forms of data are collected to further investigate a hypothesis or research question.
Explain.

4. What alters the way researchers approach collecting data?
Discussion

5. Research Methods: Selecting a Method
Methods are typically aligned to the discipline of the study
Sometimes researchers use unconventional methods in a discipline to arrive at new conclusions or to study a portion of a topic yet to be discussed

6. Determine Method Selection: Four Components
Research Question
Approach
Design
Method of Data Collection
Inquiry Process

7. Research Question
Question you have composed to organize your focus for your research

8. Approach Way in which you plan to answer your question
Question dictates which approach you will take

9. Design Way in which you plan to conduct your research
Determined by your approach and method

10. Method Specific type of data you collect (Qual/Quant)
Culmination of approach and design

11. Inquiry Process
Specific lens/type of research used to collect and organize your data

12. Making the jump from AP Seminar to AP Research
Primary/Secondary Research
Making the jump from
AP Seminar to AP Research

13. Differences in Primary and Secondary Research
Primary Research
Secondary Research
You are actively, in the field, collecting research that is brand new data. You are the first person/primary individual to get your hands on this data.
You are using the information of other researchers to build your research. You are at least the second individual to interact with this data.
Differences in Primary and Secondary Research

14. Differences in Primary and Secondary Research
Primary Research
Secondary Research
Clearly you are adding to the Body of Knowledge, as long as your work is not identical to another individual's research.
CAUTION. Could become a gigantic literature review if you do not use the information you collect to build NEW insight or information in the Body of Knowledge.
Differences in Primary and Secondary Research

15. Today’s Objective:
Discuss to understand the two basic approaches to research