Research Methods

IUFRO

Special Program for Development of Capacities

September 29 – Oct 3, 2014

Snowbird, Utah

 

Dr. Rolfe Leary and Dr. John A. Kershaw, Jr.

 

Workshop Overview: This Workshop module will present a framework for preparing a scientific research study plan. It will lead the participants through the process of asking scientific questions, developing meaningful hypotheses, and designing the research to test these hypotheses. At the end, each participant will be able to prepare, on a single piece of paper, the important elements of a Gowin Vee for their research, and to share this with the group.

 

 

Forms:

                Gowens Vee – form fillable pdf

 

Schedule:

 

 

Monday

29 September

Tuesday

30 September

Wednesday

1 October

Thursday

2 October

Friday

3 October

 

9.00 – 10.00

60 min

 

Opening

Ceremony

Research Methods:

Gowin Vee :  Center –  cont.

Ontological perspective: a) what is it, b) how do I use it, c) systems, d) levels.

Research Methods:

Gowin Vee: right hand

a) hypotheses and inferences (McRoberts grid)    

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d) designing experiments vs experimental design

 

 

Global Forest Information Service (GFIS)

10.00 -10.30

Coffee Break

10.30 – 12.30

 

120 min

Introduction to Workshop

1) Student introductions

2) Big science - Big ideas

3) Course outline/ goals/ organization

4) Questions

5) Example

Research Methods:

Student presentations of their central Vee            1 hr

Gowin Vee: Left –            26

a) concept,  b) proposition, c) theory,  d) Margenau’s perception plane, e) Lakehead framework

Triangle Excel

Research Methods:

 Gowin Vee: right hand side

c) sampling in a nutshell

 

Research Methods:

 

a)  Form volunteer teams (by discipline?) 3/team & form one complete Gowin Vee , and present to group

Global Forest Information Service (GFIS)

12.30 -14.0  90 min

Lunch Break

 

14.00 – 16.00

120 min

 

Research Methods:

6) What is science?

7) Sci. & Philosophy

8) Sci. Res (kinds, goals, aims; phases, tactics, etc)

The triangle

             PDF

Research Methods:

f) deductions from prop. e.g. direction field

g) five loops summary     

h) effective literature reviews

Field Trip

Research Methods:

Knowledge Café

16.00 -16.30

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

Coffee Break

 

16.30 – 18.00

90 min

Research Methods:

Gowin Vee: center

9) Problem selection/ Characteristics of good questions

Research Methods:

Gowin Vee: left hand side

i) Eleusis – 7 teams of 4

        Rolfe’s rules

Winning team presented w  Tee shirts.

Research Methods: b) continue volunteer teams  Vee    presentations

c) Scientist personal qualities

d) Scientific ethics

Closing Session

18.30 -20.00

Dinner

Farewell Party

 

20.00 – 21.00

60 min

“About IUFRO”

j) student presentations of Gowin Vee left  hand side

free

free