Global Leadership, Learning, and Research-Program 2013

57 Part Three: Presentations Research Questions and Purpose Statement Workshop (en Español) Sandra Mendoza de Verde, Ed.D. , and Ninoska Rivas de Rojas, Ph.D. , FSE Adjunct Professors and Dissertation Chairs, Applied Research Center (ARC), North Miami Beach, Florida Wednesday, July 17 8:00 a.m.–noon Grand Republic B This workshop will present the various aspects of the development of purpose statements related to a specific problem. The difference between qualitative and quantitative purpose statements will be explored. Examples of purpose statements will be presented, after which students will be required to develop—with the assistance of the dissertation chair—a purpose statement specific to their research. In addition, qualitative and quantitative research questions will be discussed and further developed in sequence with the presentation of the purpose statement. Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) Alex Edmonds, Ph.D. , and James M. Pann, Ph.D. , FSE Program Professors, Applied Research Center (ARC), North Miami Beach, Florida Wednesday, July 17 4:00–5:00 p.m. Pastoral 1 Wednesday, July 17 4:00–5:00 p.m. Pastoral 2 This session will provide an overview of the SPSS software, including the basics of reading data, data definition, data modification, data analysis, and presentation of your results. At the completion of the session, attendees will understand how to enter data directly into the Data Editor Window; define variable attributes and labels; summarize individual variables; edit and save SPSS output; and run, read, and interpret basic statistical analyses, including measures of central tendency and measures of variability. This session also will focus on (a) conducting basic parametric and nonparametric tests; interpreting output; and deciding on the appropriate test to use when conducting analysis; and (b) teaching participants how to conduct, interpret, and report SPSS results. Systemic Review of the Literature Silvia Orta, Ed.D. , FSE Program Professor, North Miami Beach, Florida Ashley Russom, Ed.D. , FSE Dissertation Services Associate, Applied Research Center (ARC), North Miami Beach, Florida Wednesday, July 17 4:00–5:00 p.m. Pastoral 3 Wednesday, July 17 4:00–5:00 p.m. Atlantic B Systemic Review of the Literature (en Español) Ramón F. Ferreiro Gravié, Ph.D. , FSE Program Professor, North Miami Beach, Florida Wednesday, July 17 4:00–5:00 p.m. Grand Republic B This presentation will introduce the systematic review of the literature for conducting educational research using the Cochrane Method. The systematic review of the literature is a well-known method of inquiry in the area of health care and it is also becoming popular in educational research. This method of inquiry relies on the analysis of the published literature to address a problem statement and to find answers for the research questions.