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Effective Research Strategies for Grad Students

Learn how to find, narrow, and explore research topics, utilize databases, conduct literature reviews, and structure your study. Workshop series from CFDR Fall 2006.

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Effective Research Strategies for Grad Students

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  1. Grad Student 101 Workshop Instructor: Heidi Lyons

  2. Finding a Topic • Look at the Articles in the Syllabus • Initial Exploration • Academic Search Premier • Google Scholar • Talk to Your Professor! CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  3. Research Question • Narrow your Focus • What Relationship do you Want to Look at? • Is the Question Clear? • Does your Question fit into Previous Work? • Is the Study Possible? CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  4. Is the Study Possible? • ICPSR • www.icpsr.umich.edu • CFDR Data Holdings CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  5. Doing Research • BGSU University Libraries • SocINDEX • Social Science Citation Index • Subject Index • Source Index • Citation Index CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  6. Other Databases • Sociological Abstracts • GenderWatch • Ethnic NewsWatch • Ohio Link CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  7. Finding Major Journals • BGSU University Libraries • Journal of Marriage and the Family • Browse • Search CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  8. Searching Hints • And, Or, Not • Using “#” or “*” • Adopt* • Wom*n CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  9. Record-Keeping for your Sources • Index Cards/Excel • Topic • Methods • Significant Findings • Other Comments CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  10. Record-Keeping for your Sources • Authors Full Names in Order • Journals : journal name, date, volume number, and page number • Books : book name, city of publication, publisher’s name, publication date • Example: Adolescence References CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  11. Introduction • Outline the Research Question • Why is this Important? • What are you Going to do? CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  12. Literature Review • The Relationship Between Your Study and Previous Work • How Your Paper is Different • Do Not Make it a Laundry List CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  13. Literature Review • Start Broad and End Narrow • Only Report what Directly Relates to Your Question CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  14. Lit Review Structure • Look at Peer Review Journals • Elaborate on your Theory • Discuss Previous Research • Statement of the Problem CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  15. Stating you Hypotheses • Formal Relational Statement • Clear • Type (Casual or Correlational) • Direction (Positive or Negative) • Imply that it is Testable CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  16. Stating you Hypotheses Bad: Attitudes and Union Type is Associated with Infidelity. Good: H1: Controlling for sexual values, attending religious services more frequently is associated with lower likelihood of infidelity. H2: Cohabiting is associated with a greater likelihood of infidelity. CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  17. Methods • Sample • Measures • Procedures/Data Analysis CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  18. Sample • Data • Sample Size • How were Subjects/Recruited? • Nonresponse • Any Oversampling • General Sample Selection CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  19. Measures • Operationalize Variables • Open VS Close-ended Questions • Range of Response • Scales CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  20. Procedures • How are you Going to do it? • What Statistics are you Using? CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

  21. CFDR Help! • Ask Meredith for Programming Help • Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday 1-2 p.m. • CFDR Webpage • Annoted Output • SAS/SPSS/STATA Questions CFDR Fall 2006 Workshop Series

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