Understanding Research Methods

I knew I was going to get this. Thanks. I deserve it.

I found Understanding Research Methods

But I was hoping some of you might have taken a course like this and recommend something.

I'm looking at it the same way. It sets a strong foundation for the required research methods class, which I have little background for right now

Looking at Understanding Research Methods as a primer and Methoids and stats in Social Sciences Specialization as the bulk of work.

I want to ask people who have looked over applications here: Do online courses alike Udemy or Coursera (assuming they are specific to the program). It's obviously not as rigorous as a Masters or a Certificate, but it's still a decent indicator of future interest and success

Rather than respond to provocations, I’ll give you a couple of links to good courses for understanding research methodology—I think it’s also important to be aware of things like confirmation bias.

If you’re actually interested in learning the importance of identifying good sources and what makes quality studies, here are two free courses:

1) https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-methods

2) https://guides.jstor.org/researchbasics

Well, this time last year I was struggle with the graduation paper, so I think now I can share some exp, not much but that's all I learn from tears( and from the all-nighters):

1. Having a good sleep

Although it 's hard to keep the sleeping habits healthy those days but pls try to take a nap. Trust me, you can stay awake to type or reading papers but your brain cannot manipulate that well as normal.

1. Start your work soon

You may know the deadline for your work. No matter how much time do you have, just start right now. Research paper is not only you read, you write, your supervisor checks, then you assign, but the truth behind you work is you read, you write, your supervisor checks, then he reject it, you read again, write again, then be rejected again, and again... My friend is going to have his dissertation defense next week and last week he cried and call me that his supervisor asked him to redo almost all his writing :D. You will never know what terrible thing will happen till the end. Contact your supervisor soon and keep in touch with her/him. Clarify the time to hand-in draft, final writing, etc and set the deadline for each work. Your supervisor assessment also make sense for your final mark.

1. Understand the process of making research paper

Here for you: https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-methods#syllabus You can join the course for further knowledge of doing research and find the suitable method. Moreover, writing in research paper is another level. I recommend you should find writing course in this platform Coursera, too.

1. Reference. Reference. Reference

Oh my god, this is always my nightmare. My supervisor or I think all the supervisor will check it carefully: "This is your own point or the other's ? Where is it? I don't see it in your reference, you must cite it in your work". Of course if the paper is 6000-8000 works it cannot only be your thought or from your dream :v So it is a must to orgnize the articles; research papers; news; note from books etc of the authors well. You can search the method on youtube, I remembered watching this kind of video but forgot the title, sorry.

1. Format

Prepare the format of your work. I mean making some little part that seem unimportant but really make sense like the cover, table of contents( remmember to make it automatically update, not manually), fonts, tables, charts, etc. Pay the attention to those small thing beside your idea and your writing. It worths. You could be a good writer and sloppy author at the same time.

1. Keep calm and achieve your reward

I will not tell you dont cry because of your supervisor's rejection. Just let all the negative thoughts and disappointment out through your tears. Once you feel better, come back and do it again. No matter how your mark is, I appriciate your effort for not giving up or cheating by hire the other writing service or plariagism. It is your blood and tears, so when you throw back, how hard it had been is now light as a feather ^^ Good luck bud.

[Book] The Oxford guide to library research http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/949777344

[Book] The Craft of Research http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/951115619

[Book] How to Find Out Anything http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/809232930

[Course] Power Searching with Google https://coursebuilder.withgoogle.com/sample/course?use_last_location=true

[Course] Understanding Research Methods https://www.coursera.org/learn/research-methods?action=enroll#syllabus and others: https://www.coursera.org/courses?query=research

[Tutorial] Library Research Tutorials https://www.library.wisc.edu/help/research-tips-tricks/ also search for "Library Research Tutorials" in any search engine and you'll find lots of college/university pages on the topic

[Blog] SearchReSearch https://searchresearch1.blogspot.com/

It really sucks, when a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is missed due to circumstances beyond our control. Given that this is a worldwide pandemic, it's quite possible that opportunities such as these will be presented again or in an alternative format. Should they not be, however, you do have some options.

When I was an undergrad, I was able to take a graduate-level research methodologies course by virtue of being enrolled in my university's honor college. You may look into courses of this type available to you on your campus. If there aren't any, you might inquire w/ other universities, especially those you plan to apply to for graduate school.

There are also online research methodologies courses you can partake in. coursera offers a massively-open online course (MOOC) in called Understanding Research Methods that's free of charge. If you're unfamiliar w/ these courses, they can start at any time, even though it says that, in this particular case, the course begins today.

The MOOC List is a website, where you can search for MOOCs. Oxford University also offers short, professional development courses in Advanced Qualitative Research Methods through their Department for Continuing Education. Harvard University's Extension School also offers an Advanced Quantitative Research Methodology course. It appears that it was canceled for Spring 2020 (probably for the same reasons everything else is canceled right now), but it might be worth contacting them to see if it'll run again this summer. The cost of this course is $1,700, but you do receive degree credit, and I believe that it's entirely online. Of course, you can probably perform your own Google search in order to come up w/ other, alternative courses.

If none of this works for/appeals to you, you might consider learning a skill that will be valuable to your future educational path and post-graduate career. If you plan on studying research-intensive coursework, you would do well learning how to code, if you don't know already. Python, R, and MATLAB would all be beneficial for you to gain a grasp of, as would Linux. If the coding/computer skill learning interests you, and you're a bit mystified on where to start, feel free to let me know, and I'll be happy to point you in the proper direction.

I'm sorry that things didn't work out as you planned, but you still have the opportunity to take advantage of the summer months. I wish you the best of luck in navigating this and in your future academic career!