Overview
Description
Survey of scientific methods in studying individuals and families with an emphasis on critical evaluation of published research.
Requirements
Prerequisites
- HDFS and ECE majors only
- Junior or Senior standing
HDFS 201HDFS 202
Original catalog text
Prerequisites
Prerequisite(s): HDFS 201; HDFS 202; HDFS and ECE majors only; Junior or Senior standing.
Units
Lecture3
Catalog Details
Offering
Offered: Every Fall and Spring
Terms
fall, spring
Core
CO9, CO12
Restrictions
HDFS and ECE majors only; Junior or Senior standing
Attributes
Standard
Learning Outcomes
- demonstrate knowledge of ethics by earning a passing score on assigned quizzes within the CITI Course in the protection of participants for social and behavioral research investigators.
- identify ethical procedures and principles in scientific writing and research methodology as demonstrated by homework assignments, research proposal tasks, the research proposal presentation, and the research proposal.
- identify ethical concerns in research and intellectual contexts, including academic integrity, use and citation of sources, the objective presentation of data, and the treatment of human participants.
- develop a collaborative research proposal addressing a real-world problem effecting individuals, families, and the institutions that serve them using science and technology.
- explain how science relates to a problem of societal concern as demonstrated by homework assignments the research proposal tasks, the research proposal presentation, and the research proposal.
- distinguish between sound and unsound interpretation of scientific information as demonstrated by homework assignments and research proposal tasks.
- synthesize published research and theory in human development and family science, including an evaluation and discussion of methodological strengths and weaknesses, and the implications and limitations of the findings.
- employ cogent reasoning methods and write for a scientific community in their own examinations of problems and issues as demonstrated by the research proposal tasks, the research proposal presentation, and the research proposal.