Regression Analysis
What is it? Regression is a statistical tool for investigating relationships between variables (Sykes, 1993). It explains the dependent variable that you are interested in as the combination of constant …
How To Determine Authorship
Authorship really matters when you participate in a research project. In many cases, we doctoral students usually join the team designed by another principal investigator. However, it is crucial to …
Selecting Your Classes Strategically to Develop Your Knowledge in the Area of Study
Roberto Ramos, a Brazilian ETAP PhD student and recipient of the Fullbright Scholarship, provided insightful strategies and reflections on how he selected courses for his doctoral coursework in this interview. …
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Single-Case Design Experiment
What is it? Many textbooks said the group comparison. More than two groups, a sample size of more than 30, blah blah… However, if your research participants are tiny, what …
Strategic Planning for Career Workshop
Draft bold/rough idea and tweak it after the experiment The Strategic Planning for Career Workshop on November 18, 2022 was a new professional development workshop hosted by YangHyun Kim, a …
Mental Health Care During Dissertation Writing
Interviewer: Mary Dinh Interviewee: Adele Touhey It’s important to be aware of your mental health, just like you would your physical health. Here are some ways to take care of yourself …
How to get a thousand dollars’ worth of value out of your college’s email?
Did you realize that having an email address with an EDU extension can be useful for you as a college student? By signing up with your school email address, you …
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Discourse Analysis: The Tool to Gain Deeper Insights in Classroom-based Dialogs and Language Production in Education
What they have in common is an understanding that social interaction is context-specific. Discourse analysis is a methodological tool to understand intertextuality, or the use of various culture-specific texts in …
Technological Support for Academic Writing
Activity Theory revisited the artefact-mediated nature of human actions (Roth et al., 2009; Nicolini, 2012). All human activities are a combination of tools and body. There are differences between writing …
Dissertation Proposal Workshop
Doctoral students are encouraged to begin thinking about a dissertation topic early in their degree program. It a comprehensive statement on the extent and nature of the student’s dissertation research …
