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PRESENTATION OUTLINE

GERONTOLOGY RESEARCH

DR COPLEY
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COURSE REQUIREMENTS

  • Packback
  • Research proposal
  • Three exams

research proposal

start:  brainstorm ideas, CITI certificate
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Part I: Getting Started: An Overview of the Aging Research Process

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1. Introduction

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Overview of the Research Process:

Developing a Gerontological Researcher’s Approach

PHILOSOPHY, OR MORE SPECIFICALLY, EPISTEMOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVE

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META-REVIEWS

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PEER-REVIEWED LITERATURE

SO, YOU HAVE YOURSELF A RESEARCH QUESTION...

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2. Designing Research about Older People & Aging

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AGE-PERIOD-COHORT EFFECTS

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Normative Age-Related Changes

table 2.1

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VOLUNTARY CONSENT ON THE CONTINUUM OF CARE

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THINKING ABOUT YOUR ROLE AS RESEARCHER

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group differences

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time

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memo for those not in your field

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3. Gerontological Theoretical Approaches

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GERONTOLOGICAL THEORY FAMILIES

  • Early and/or general theories
  • Early biomedical theories
  • Psychological/cognitive theories
  • Theories of social gerontology
  • Critical gerontology
  • Ecological theories
  • Phenomenological theories
  • Identity-based theories

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10. Ethical Issues and Concerns in Aging Research

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INSTITUTIONAL REVIEW BOARDS

COMMON RULE, INFORMED CONSENT

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2015 changes to the Common Rule

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WHAT ABOUT DEMENTIA? INSTITUTIONALIZED?

ROAR & MARGINALIZED ADULTS

hint:  take what is useful from other disciplines

WRITE YOUR OWN ETHICAL STANCE
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Infamous examples

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Part II: Choosing a Research Method and Selecting a Design

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4. Qualitative Methods

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a little history - it's complicated

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"rich, thick description"

NARRATIVE ANALYSES

GROUNDED THEORY

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ETHNOGRAPHY

CASE STUDIES

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Phenomenological Accounts

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THE PROCESS (IN GENERAL)

  • Choose method
  • Strategize sampling
  • Collect data
  • Analyze data
  • Repeat #3 and #4 until done
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ANALYTIC APPROACH

thematic or narrative?

A FEW NOTES ON ASSURING QUALITY

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WRITING QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

10 Essential Interviewing Skills

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5. Quantitative Methods

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A BRIEF REMINDER ON QUANT VS. QUAL

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description, explanation, exploration, and/or prediction

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SURVEYS

QUESTION WORDING CAN MAKE OR BREAK YOU
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Causal Comparative

EX POST FACTO; COMMONLY KNOWN AS NATURAL EXPERIMENTS
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CORRELATION DESIGNS

Pearson's r ranges from -1 to +1
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Single-Case Research Design

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Pre-testing/Post-testing & Experimental Design

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Structured Observation

Choosing?

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COLLECTING DATA

SAMPLING, UNITS, ERROR, POWER, OPERATIONALIZE, CAUSALITY
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WORKING WITH SECONDARY DATA

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TEACUP &

TREASURE HUNT
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6. Quantitative Data Analysis and Evaluation

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DESCRIPTIVE STATISTICS

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VISUALS

level of measurement

  • nominal or categorical
  • ordinal
  • interval-ratio
  • WHO CARES???

INFERENTIAL STATISTICS

null v. research/alternate hypotheses

A NOTE ON TYPE I AND TYPE II ERRORS

STATISTICAL TESTS

Chi-square, t-test, ANOVAs, regression (eg, path, SEM)

RELIABILITY, VALIDITY,

AND OTHER CONCERNS
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Ethical issues & other challenges

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PROCESS:

Writing Up and Evaluating Quantitative Work
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against all odds

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7. Mixed Methods

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BENEFITS

WHY UNDERUTILIZED?

“Mixed methods have design complexity.”

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Onwuegbuzie (2012)

  • M
  • I
  • X
  • E
  • D

TYPES OF MIXED METHODS

AKA, WHAT THE HECK ARE WE MIXING EXACTLY?
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MIXED METHODS DESIGNS

  • sequential explanatory
  • sequential exploratory
  • convergent parallel
  • embedded
  • transformative
  • multi-level

NOMENCLATURE & DATA CONCERNS

sampling
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analysis

remember reliability, validity, rigor
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work day

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8. Emerging & Future Methods

TREND #1: REDEFINE “AGE” AND “OLD”

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TREND #2: SHOW HETEROGENEITY

TREND #3: MACRO-LEVEL FORCES

TREND #4: ETHNOGERONTOLOGY & CULTURAL GERO

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TREND #5: GEROTECHNOLOGY

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CHOOSING AN EMERGING METHOD

QUALITATIVE OPTIONS
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TECHNOLOGY & VIRTUAL OPTIONS

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A BRIEF NOTE ON INCLUSIVITY

Quantitative Options

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arts & crafts

Part III: Analyzing Results and Reporting Findings

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9. Quantitative, Qualitative Software and

Computer-Assisted Research
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table 9.1

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mucking with your data

recoding, making scales, counts, indices, etc
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missing data

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sampling weights & case selection

two warnings...
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codebooks

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visuals

graphs, figures, tables

Qualitative Software Basics

memos, coding, analysis
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Mixed Methods Software

MAXQDA:  Attributes, cross-tabs
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11. Reporting Aging Research

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best practices for writing

drafting, peer review
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publication types

  • manuscripts for journals
  • research proposals
  • theses & dissertations
  • books, chapters, etc
  • program evaluation - see AEA
  • presentations
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research proposal

  • title
  • abstract
  • intro & background
  • literature review
  • purpose statement/research question
  • proposed methods
  • references
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Funding

foundation grants & government grants
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finding a journal

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perils of publishing

"Report Writing"

from John Cleese, oddly enough
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