1. What we learned and what we didn’t
Overview
What we learned and what we didn’t

2. A Certain Way to Think
Approaching questions with a more scientific mind and using theory to guide your investigation rather than simply an interest in one topic
Utilizing lenses to see more clearly.
Operationalizing

3. A Certain Way to Write
Its not about pro/con when you start moving to upper-level and graduate-level writing.
Focus is more on the nuances of an issue in terms of theory and methods.
Literature reviews are critical for research, but for paper-writing as well.

4. A Look at the Engine
Learning methods is an important step when becoming a more serious researcher since it allows for increased insight.
You are expanding your “tool set”.

5. The Methods of the Methods
Learning how to conduct methods is just as important as learning their existence.
Showing survey methodology and discussing various qualitative techniques allow you to hit the ground running.

6. What We Didn’t Get To… Practicing the methods in person.
Deeper level of analysis of SPSS.
More diagnosis of individual articles to break down and discuss the methods and theories which were being used.

7. Will This be Helpful? Yes, if you use it the right way.
Apply what you’ve learned in this class to your other classes.
Approach your papers both theoretically and scientifically.
Try to make a compelling argument using original research.