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Conducting Research That Makes a Difference. William E. Sedlacek University of Maryland wsed@umd.edu www.williamsedlacek.info. Research Problems. The Quest for the Golden Label Noncognitive variables Three Musketeers All for one & one for all Bias is Bias
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Conducting Research That Makes a Difference
William E. Sedlacek
University of Maryland
wsed@umd.edu
www.williamsedlacek.info
Research Problems
- The Quest for the Golden Label
- Noncognitive variables
- Three Musketeers
- All for one & one for all
- Bias is Bias
- Statistical bias may lead to racial/gender bias
- Horizontal Research
- Same studies repeated at same level
- I’m OK; You’re Not
- I’m the good guy
- Multicultural Myth- We are equally sensitive to all types of discrimination-professional human beings
- 70% of multicultural office staff would admit no biases
Audience
- Define & understand your audience
- White students
- Students of color
- Faculty
- Administrators
- State legislators
- Parents
Types of Research
- Define research broadly
- Surveys
- Likert v. Thurstone
- Interviews
- Nonreactive measures
- Qualitative designs
- Perceptual mapping
- Observation
Focus Your Questions
- Don’t try to do too much in one study
- Information
- How many Muslims are terrorists?
- What is range of majors for Asian Americans?
- Attitudes
- How do men feel about women?
- Situational Attitude Scale-SAS
- How do White students feel about diversity?
- Universal Diverse Orientation- UDO
- Behavior
- What interactions work best between able-bodied students & students with disabilities?
- What predicts student graduation?
- Noncognitive variables-NCQ
Control The Turf
- Choose your topics well
- Decide for yourself what to study
- Research v data v public relations
- Make others react to your data
- Multiple methods of communication
- Data don’t speak for themselves
- Galileo
- Articles
- Books
- Presentations
- Multiple groups
The Long-Term View
- Use references
- Incremental gains
- Noncognitive variable research
- Longitudinal studies
- Maryland Longitudinal Study
- Long-term cross-sectional studies
- Racism over 25 years at UMD
Become The Source
- Who do you trust?
- Politician
- Partisan think tank researcher
- Pollster working for a cause
- Pundit
- Professor
- Others
Up The Conceptual Ladder
- Deductive
- Test models or theories
- Don’t always measure variables well
- Too much too soon
- Inductive
- Build higher order constructs from bottom up
- May never work up ladder
- Don’t use data just because it’s there
Stick To Your Principles
- Do follow
- Your goals & interests
- Defining your interests in terms of your audience
- Don’t follow:
- The money
- The latest fad
- What will get published
- What others want you to do
Patience & Persistence
- The mosaic model
- Internal v external motivation
- Share ideas & interests
- Satisfied with small gains
- Learn from nonsignificance
- Say hmmm at least once a day
- Have fun
References
- Sedlacek, W. E.(2004).A multicultural research program. In F. W. Hale Jr. (Ed.) What makes racial diversity work in higher education (Pp.256-271). Sterling VA :Stylus Publishing.
- Sedlacek, W. E. (2004). Beyond the big test: Noncognitive assessment in higher education. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
- Longerbeam, S. L., Sedlacek, W. E., Balón, D. G., & Alimo, C. (2005). The multicultural myth:A study of multicultural program organizations at three public research universities. Journal of College Student Development. 46 (3), 88-97.
- Sedlacek, W. E. Conducting research that makes a difference. (2007). In C.C. Lee, & G.R. Walz (Eds.) Counseling for social justice. (Pp. 223-237). Alexandria, VA. American Counseling Association.
- Sedlacek, W. E. (in press). Measures worth considering in diversity research and programming. Readings on Equal Education.
