Competency	EDF 6481 Research Methods	EDF 6475 QUAL	EDF 6476 Advanced Qualtiative (New)
Instrumentation (QUAL/QUAN research) Sampling designs (QUAL/QUAN research) Research design Experimental Causal-comparative Survey Descriptive Qualitative methods Review of numerical analysis techniques Review of narrative (content) analysis    Students should be able to: •Formulate meaningful research questions and revise and enhance them on the basis of current theory and empirical research results •Conduct extensive library and on-line searches for finding answers to research questions •Plan and present detailed research proposals •Construct , item-analyze, and validate measurement instruments for data collection. •Plan procedures/design for quantitative and qualitative data collection •Plan for analysis of qualitative and quantitative data •Make conclusions/inferences on the basis of research results •Prepare, present, and defend a complete research proposal  •	X X X X X X X X X X
Qualitative methods: Case study Ethnography Etc. Qualitative data analysis		X X X X X
Advanced qualitative methods: Practicum Advanced Case Study Oral History  Historical, etc.			X X X X X