101- Research & Evaluation Methods
101 Skills
Individuals at the 101 Level have the following skills:
- Familiarity with terminology and tools
- Reading basic graphs and charts
- Understanding research design
- Understanding qualitative and quantitative research methods and data collection
- Understanding research and evaluation methods
Familiarity with terminology and tools
Librarian and Researcher Knowledge Space (LARKS)
American Library Association: Librarian and Researcher Knowledge Space (LARKS)
Resources on research methods for librarians, LIS students and anyone new to reserch in information science. This resource includes definitions, tools and articles to get started.
Web Center for Social Research Methods
Web Center for Social Research Methods
This webpage introduces the user to research terminology and methods involved in conducting social science research.
Reading basic graphs and charts
Reading Bar Graphs
Khan Academy: Reading Basic Bar Graphs
This Khan Academy video lesson consists of five videos that walks the user through reading different types graphs.
Beginning Algebra: Reading Graphs
Virtual Math Lab: Basic Algebra: Reading Graphs
This website introduces users to reading and interpreting data in charts and graphs
Understanding research design
Quantitate Data Analysis
United States General Accounting Office: Quantitative Data Analysis: An Introduction
Government report on quantitive data analysis that will help organizations to perform and express evaluation results in statistical form.
Understanding qualitative and quantitative research methods and data collection
Qualitative Research Methods
USC Libraries Research Guides: Organizing Your Social Sciences Research Paper: Qualitative Methods
This Libguide gives an overview of qualitative research methods.
Qualtative Research Methods: A Data Collectors Field Guide
FHI 360: Qualitative Research Methods: A Data Collectors Field Guide
This book is an overview and guide to help staff skills in data collection and management for qualitative research methods.
Quantitative Methods
This Libguide gives an overview of quantitative research methods.
Understanding research and evaluation methods
Coursera Course on Understanding Research Methods
Coursera Course on Understanding Research Methods
This course covers the fundamentals of research design, measurement, sampling and ethics.