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Welcome to CS 689
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RESEARCH METHODS
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Professor Dolores Zage

• Computer Science Department
• dmz_at_cs.bsu.edu
• RB 443
• [phone]
• http//www.cs.bsu.edu/homepages/dmz/

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Materials

• Practical Research - Planning and Design
• Authors Paul Leedy and Jeanne Ellis Ormrod
• Seventh edition
• Writing for Computer Science - The Art of
  Effective Communication
• Author Justin Zobel

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What we will do
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Objectives

• find a problem
• write a research proposal
• present a research proposal
• statistical analysis on an existing database

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Studio Audience

• 24 graduate students

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TV Land

• Kevin Arvin - Loogootee
• Tammye Caldwell - Indianapolis
• Kurt Detamore - Carmel
• Hong Hu - Columbus
• Stephan Kelley - Warsaw
• Charlie Peck - Richmond
• Gary Steffen - Decatur

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Please Run TR90 tape
Contacting
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My Research
Design Metrics