Study Document
Post-Tenure Review: A Research Design Thesis
Pages:2 (744 words)
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Subject:Education
Topic:Research Design
Document Type:Thesis
Document:#6677221
For each selected school, there will be three groups of which quota sampling will be employed to achieve equal number of respondents. The three groups would be the faculty members, student administrators, and students. Respondents will once again be randomly-selected from the list that we shall be acquiring from the university.
Instrumentation
A questionnaire shall be devised by the researcher in order to gather opinion and understand attitudes on post-tenure review. An Educational Administration Disposition Belief Scale shall also be provided to better assess school administrators' views and disposition to better understand their particular disposition in the issue of post-tenure review. This instrument by Charles Southern University (n.d.) has already been used in previous studies conducted. This scale shall be modified to a 5-point scale in order to gauge disposition.
Data Gathering
The timetable for the data gathering part of this research was based on a seven-week schedule. One week shall be allotted for pilot test on one university with about 3 respondents for every sample group. Three (3) weeks shall be allotted for data gathering (i.e. conduct of survey), one week for data processing, and 2 weeks for data interpretation and report-writing.
Analysis
Analysis will begin with checking for bias. Through the use of statistical software, we shall conduct descriptive statistics on attitudes and disposition on post-tenure review which shall later on be correlated with individual profile, past experiences, and beliefs/views on education. To account for the highest influencer of attitudes and dispositions, regression analysis shall also be conducted.
References
Charles Southern University (n.d.) Educational Administration Belief Scale Worksheet.
Retrieved from http://www.csuniv.edu/academics/graduate/ed_docs/Disposition%20Belief%20Scale%20for%20Ed%20Admn.pdf on 11 Jan 2010.
Licata, C.M. & Morreale, (2006). Faculty and Administrator Views About Post-Tenure
Practices: Qualitative Findings, in Post-Tenure Faculty Review and Renewal III:
Outcomes and Impact. Retrieved from http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/815.html on 11 Jan 2010.
Nachmias, CF & Nachmias, D. (1996). Research Methods in the Social Sciences.
London: St. Martin's Press Inc.
The Texas A&M University System (n.d.). Post-Tenure Review of Faculty and Teaching
Effectiveness. Retrieved from http://www.tamus.edu/offices/policy/policies/pdf/12-06.pdf on 11 Jan 2010.
Sample Source(s) Used
References
Charles Southern University (n.d.) Educational Administration Belief Scale Worksheet.
Retrieved from http://www.csuniv.edu/academics/graduate/ed_docs/Disposition%20Belief%20Scale%20for%20Ed%20Admn.pdf on 11 Jan 2010.
Licata, C.M. & Morreale, (2006). Faculty and Administrator Views About Post-Tenure
Practices: Qualitative Findings, in Post-Tenure Faculty Review and Renewal III:
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