THE MODEL OF COMPETENCIES

As a Researcher,

Regarding the identification of a research Problem:

Understanding the importance of the research problem

Understanding the characteristics of the research problem

Understanding the difference of the research problem in quantitative and qualitative research

Ability to write a research problem statement

Reviewing the literature:

Understanding what is a literature review

Understanding which are the differences of a literature review for quantitative and qualitative research

Ability to identify key terms

Understanding how to locate literature

Understanding how to critically evaluate and select the literature

Understanding how to organize literature

Ability to write a literature review

Specifying a Purpose and Research Questions or Hypothesis:

Understanding what is a purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective

Understanding the importance of purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective

Understanding in variables specification

Ability to write a quantitative purpose statement

Ability to write a quantitative research question

Ability to write a quantitative hypothesis

Understanding the differences of purpose statement, research question, hypothesis, and research objective in quantitative and qualitative research

Understanding of the central phenomenon in qualitative research

Ability to write qualitative purpose statements

Ability to write qualitative research questions

Collecting quantitative data:

Understanding of how to identify the unit of analysis

Ability to identify the unit of analysis

Understanding of how to specify population and sample

Understanding the permission you need to do research

Understanding the value of ethical issue

Understanding how to specify variable from research questions and hypotheses

Understanding how to operationally define each variable

Understanding how to choose types of data and measures

Ability to specify population and sample

Ability to specify variable from research questions and hypotheses

Ability to operationally define each variable

Ability to choose types of data and measures

Understanding of which instrument will be used to collect data

Understanding how to search an instrument

Ability to search an instrument

Understanding criteria to choose an instrument

Understanding interval/ratio scales

Understanding standardization

Regarding the analysis and Interpretation of Quantitative data:

Understanding how to score the data

Understanding how to determine the types of scores to analyze

Understanding how to select a statistical program

Understanding how to input the data

Ability in scoring the data

Ability in determining the types of scores to analyze

Ability in selecting a statistical program

Regarding the analysis of data:

Understanding how to conduct descriptive analysis

Understanding how to conduct inferential analysis

Regarding the report of the results:

Understanding how to use tables

Understanding how to use figures

Understanding how to present results

Ability to use tables

Ability to use figures

Ability to present results

Regarding the discussion of the results:

Understanding how to summarize the major results

Understanding how to explain the occurrence of results

Understanding how to explain limitations

Understanding how to suggest future research

Ability to summarize the major results

Ability to explain the occurrence of results

Ability to explain limitations

Ability to suggest future research

Collecting Qualitative data:

Understanding the process of qualitative data collection

Understanding participants and sites to use

Ability to sample participant or sites

Understanding the information to collect

Understanding the different instruments to collect data

Ability to use different instruments to collect data

Understanding Ethical issues in data collection

Understanding how to record data

Understanding what protocols are

Understanding the importance of protocols

Understanding how to administer data collection

Analyzing and interpreting qualitative data:

Understanding how to analyze qualitative data

Understanding how to prepare and organize the data analysis

Ability in organizing data

Ability in transcribe data

Ability to analyze data by hand or computer

Ability to use qualitative computer program

Understanding how to explore and code data in analysis

Understanding how to use codes to build description and themes

 Ability to build description and themes

Ability to connect themes

Understanding how to represent and report findings

Understanding how to interpret findings

Ability to summarize findings

Ability to convey personal reflection

Ability to make comparison to the literature

Ability to offer limitation and suggestion for future research

Reporting and Evaluating research:

Understanding what is a research reports and articles

Understanding the audience of reports and articles

Understanding the quality of your research

Understanding the types of research reports

Understanding types of articles

Understanding the Empirical study type

Understanding the literature review type

Understanding the Theoretical type

Understanding the methodological type

Understanding case studies

Understanding ethical and legal standards in publishing

Understanding ethical and legal standards to protect participants

Understanding ethical and legal standards to protect Intellectual property rights

Understanding manuscript structure and content

Understanding how to write clearly and Concisely

Understanding how to organize writing

Understanding writing style

Understanding how to reduce bias in language

Understanding the mechanics of style

Understanding punctuation

Understanding spelling

Understanding capitalization

Understanding italic

Understanding abbreviation

Understanding the use of numbers

Understanding Metrication

Understanding statistical symbols

Understanding how to display results

Understanding the publication process

Understanding the editorial process

Understanding author responsibilities

 

Model of competencies for specifics research designs

 

Conducting research

 

Understanding what is an experiment and what are the key characteristics

Understanding the different types of experimental design

Understanding steps in conducting experimental research

Understanding how to evaluate experimental research

 

 

Understanding what is a correlational design and what are the key characteristics

Understanding the different types of Correlational design

Understanding steps in conducting correlational studies

Understanding how to evaluate correlational studies

 

 

Understanding what is a survey design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of surveys

Understanding how to construct and analyze a questionnaire

Ability to design and analyze a questionnaire

Understanding how to design and conduct an interview

Ability to design and analyze an interview

Understanding steps in conducting education survey research

Understanding how to evaluate survey research

Ability to conduct a survey research

 

Understanding what is a grounded theory design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of grounded theory designs

Understanding steps in conducting grounded theory researches

Understanding how to evaluate grounded theory researches

Ability to conduct grounded theory researches

 

Understanding what is an ethnographic design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of ethnographic designs

Understanding steps in conducting ethnographic research

Understanding how to evaluate ethnographic research

Ability to conduct ethnographic researches

 

Understanding what is a narrative research design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of a narrative research design

Understanding steps in conducting a narrative research design

Understanding how to evaluate a narrative research design

Ability to conduct a narrative research design

 

Understanding what is a mixed methods design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of a mixed methods design

Understanding steps in conducting a mixed methods design

Understanding what are the steps in conducting quanti-qualitative research

Understanding how to evaluate a mixed methods design

Ability to conduct a mixed methods design

Understanding the connections between the mixed method approach and the collection of quantitative and qualitative data.

Understanding mixed methods sampling techniques. 

 

Understanding what is an action research design and what are key characteristics

Understanding the different types of an action research design

Understanding steps in conducting an action research design

Understanding how to evaluate an action research design

Ability to conduct an action research design