Monday Morning, May 20th 9 a.m.– 12 p.m.

Designed for researchers at all stages of their careers and fields of research,  this workshop will focus on how to implement a mixed methods approach to creating research that is programmatic and generative. During the workshop, participants will: (1) Hone in on your research priorities; (2) Create a storyboard of your research arc; (3)  Learn different mixed methods designs and how they can be used in mapping your career trajectory; and (4) Learn about multiple types of methods and make decisions on how and when to use them appropriately.

Regardless of your career stage, it is important to think through your research agenda sequentially but with flexibility. This holistic approach to research methods will help you augment your research program and career trajectory.
 
Dr. Christine Yeh, Professor of Counseling Psychology at the School of Education, has taught mixed methods and completed numerous projects employing a sequential mixed methods design.

Monday Afternoon, May 20th 1–4 p.m.

This workshop focused on qualitative data analysis is designed for faculty who have collected (or are about to collect) qualitative data and are now trying to figure out what to do next. The first half of the workshop will cover some popularly used data analysis methods such as grounded theory, thematic analysis, and discourse analysis. We’ll do some initial analysis using a “data session” model that is often used by discourse/conversation analysts (but really can be used by anyone doing qualitative coding). In the second half of the workshop, we’ll cover some technologies for qualitative analysis with special emphasis on Dedoose: a cloud-based (and desktop) qualitative data analysis software that is reasonably priced and allows for team coding.  

Dr. Evelyn Ho, Professor of Communication Studies,  has taught qualitative research and led numerous interdisciplinary projects using qualitative methods.

Tuesday Morning, May 21st 9 a.m.–12 p.m.

This workshop covers how to get started in using Qualtrics; a software program that allows you to create surveys quickly and easily using both open and close ended types of questions. Qualtrics is available for use at USF. Surveys can be distributed easily and data can be downloaded in a variety of formats. Qualtrics is more powerful than google forms and its menus allow you to create different questions and responses, score and recode data. With the click of a button you can see your results or download data for analysis in Excel, SPSS, etc. In this workshop, we will spend time creating surveys according to your research needs.

Dr. Saera Khan, Professor of Psychology, has taught how to use Qualtrics for research to her undergraduates in her advanced research methods course and in her social cognition lab.

Tuesday Afternoon, May 21st 1– 4 p.m.

ANOVA (Analysis of Variance) and MANOVA (Multivariate Analysis of Variance) are statistical analyses frequently used in many disciplines of research. They allow researchers to compare meaningful group differences to reveal similarities and disparities exist among groups to inform policy, educational, and public health practices, to name a few. This workshop will refresh basic concepts of ANOVA and MANOVA and take participants steps by steps to gain familiarity with these statistical skills through the use of SPSS.

Dr. Hsiu-Lan Cheng, Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at the School of Education, has taught research methods and statistical analyses across multiple levels of graduate student courses.