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=Lecture 1 (Lectures) (GWU EMSE 216-8000)=

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 * Syllabus Review
 * Research Methods Assignment
 * When looking at the methods, see where and how they were used
 * Consider how they would apply in EMSE domains
 * Introductions
 * Learning Objectives
 * ==> [|Doctoral Handbook] - ~bible~
 * Appendix C - Disseration Outline
 * Chapter 2 - Literature Review - "Legal Brief"
 * Chapter 3 - Methods - critical
 * Understand what trying to do
 * Method is valid (present and defend)
 * ... Proposal Defense - "Contract with" Faculty
 * Chapter 4 - Results
 * What to do
 * What is the timeline
 * Defending the disseration is not the end
 * Quality Dissertation
 * Plagiarism
 * IRB ~Approval~
 * Exempt, Expeditied, or ...
 * Pre-Data Collection
 * IRB expecially approval important to journals for structured review
 * Write and defend a proposal
 * Want a tight proposal to mitigate requests for additional research with dissertation defense
 * Bounding spokes, interested and related but beyond scope
 * Research Questions
 * (Peer-review) Journal Publications
 * Course Work Easy - Research Work Requires a Lot of Discipline
 * Get complex ideas down on paper before you loose them
 * Things to discuss with committee's for potential referrals
 * Engineering program, not ...
 * Iterative Process
 * Reading, Thesis, Methods :||
 * Want to solve big questions; "If research area is beach, investigate one or two sands."
 * Define so obserable and measurable
 * Every thing is within ones control.
 * Be sure all the right data can be collected the first time
 * Much of EMSE area previous research is less rigorous
 * Not the EMSEway.
 * Want observable and measureable / objective, observable and reproducable
 * Emergency management - need to define terms
 * Models, etc. are a little easier
 * Want the foundations of the research to be solid
 * Start the glossary early, particularly key words
 * Use the term, not the synonym
 * What's Formal Research
 * Systematic Research
 * Goal Oriented
 * Are you trying to establish causation?
 * Null hypothesis easier
 * Specifity important (Glossary)
 * Objective, repeatable by others (what circumstances valid)
 * Understanding --> Contribution to Knowledge
 * For Doctoral Research - must be your own work
 * ~Incremental~
 * What is ideal research?
 * From a medical point of view: Double-Blind,prospective study with all variables controlled except random variable.
 * Must double-blind to ....
 * What a variable in a research project -- attributes or elements that can change
 * For EMSE students
 * Adding new knowledge to the field
 * How to do good research in the fuzzy EMSE domain
 * Timelines
 * Timelines

Homework:
 * Read 1st 3 chapters of Salkind
 * Download Doctoral Handbook

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