Research Methodology Course
Fresno State - HCOP and USDA
April 1, June 5 - July 28, 2000
Purpose: This course is a collaborative effort to provide HCOP students with a career interest in health, agriculture or natural resources with research methodology training and clinical/field experience.
Collaborators:
Location- lecture Ag Mech 102;
Assignments:
| Daily Journal (checked weekly) | Annotated bibliography ( 1/ week) |
| Introduction (4th week) | Poster presentation (8th week) |
| Material and Methods (6th week) | Powerpoint presentation (optional) |
| Abstract (6th week) | Math work sheets (algebra, ratios, stats) |
| Interpretation of data (6th week) | Graphs (1/week) |
Schedule of Topics (updated 7/10/00)
Saturday, April 1
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-10:00 | Bacon | Introductions |
| 10:00-10:300 | Bacon, De la Cerda | Orientation |
| 10:30-12:00 | Rick Stewart | 10 steps to research |
| 1:00-2:30 | Health Panel | |
| 2:30-4:00 | USDA panel | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Library tour |
Assignment: Find one review article and three critical reference, meet with librarian about your topic. Complete at least one inner library loan. Keep journal.
Week 1-- June 5 - June 9 (?=needs confirmation)
Monday, June 5
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-9:30 | Gabriel De La Cerda | Welcome, Overview, Other details |
| 9:00-10:30 | Don Romsa | Icebreaker (men's gymn) |
| 10:30-12:00 | Miguel Perez | Writing Research Proposals |
| 1:00-2:00 | Helda Perez-Pinzon | Writing annotated bibliographies |
| 2:00-3:00 | Graduate Instructor | writing workshop |
| 3:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Tuesday, June 6
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-10:30 | Miguel Perez | Interpreting graphs |
| 10:30-12:00 | Davin Youngclarke | Basic statistics (mean, median, mode, SD, CV, RSD, CI) |
| 1:00-3:00 | Helda Perez_Pinzon | Qualitative research designs |
| 3:00-4:00 | Writing workshop | |
| 4:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Wednesday, June 7
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-10:30 | Sharon Benes | Overview of Study design, Agriculture |
| 10:30-12:00 | Sean Schafer | Epidemiological Study designs |
| 1:00-2:00 | Graduate Instructor | Writing workshop |
| 2:00-3:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Thursday, June 8
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00 - 12:00 | Denis Bacon | Work on Proposal |
| 1:00 - 2:30 | Davin Youngclarke | Ethics |
| 2:40-4:00 | Helda Perez_Pinzon | Interviewing |
| 4:00- 5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Friday, June 9
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-12:00 | Denis Bacon | laboratory techniques |
| 1:00-4:00 | Miguel Perez | Graphic Information Systems (GIS) |
| 4:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Week 2- Friday, June 16
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-12:00 | Miguel Perez | The Logic of Sampling |
| 1:00 -3:00 | Graduate Instructor | Writing workshop |
| 3:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Week 3, Friday, June 23
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-12:00 | Vick Krenz | managing research |
| 1:00 -3:00 | Graduate Instructor | Writing workshop |
| 3:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Week 4, Friday, June 30
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-10:30 | Susan Hughes | Interpretive stats, Ag Sciences room 118 |
| 10:30-12:00 | Veronica Acosta | Multicultural Issues in Health Research, Engineering East 191 |
| 1:00 -3:00 | Graduate Instructor | Writing workshop |
| 3:00-5:00 | Work on proposal and meet with graduate student mentor |
Week 5, Friday, July 7
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 7:30-10:30 | LJ Fine | Ropes course |
| 1:00 -3:00 | Denis Bacon | Review material and methods section |
| 3:00-5:00 | Continue working on proposal |
Week 6, Friday, July 14
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-12:00 | Denis Bacon | Poster Presentations |
| 1:00 -5:00 | Work on proposal |
Week 7, Friday, July 21
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-5:00 | Work on Poster Presentations |
Week 8, Friday, July 28
|
Time |
Presenter | Activity |
| 9:00-5:00 | Work on Poster Presentations | |
| 6:00-7:30 | Poster Presentations at Peter's Business Building |
Comments: denisb@csufresno.edu