[Xmca-l] Re: What is science?: Where to start doctoral students?

Beth Ferholt bferholt@gmail.com
Wed Oct 31 10:26:13 PDT 2018


Excellent!  Thanks, Beth

On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 1:22 PM Wolff-Michael Roth <
wolffmichael.roth@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Beth, not too long ago I wrote
> Roth, W.-M. (2015). Rigorous data analysis: Beyond anything goes.
> Rotterdam, The Netherlands: Sense Publishers.
>
> A preview (preface, intro chapter) is here:
> https://www.sensepublishers.com/media/2256-rigorous-data-analysis.pdf
>
> Michael
>
> On Wed, Oct 31, 2018 at 10:09 AM Beth Ferholt <bferholt@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I'm starting to take the role of advisor on doctoral dissertations and
>> wonder how best to begin to discuss "what is science?" with students who
>> will need to respond concisely when asked about the rigor and reliability
>> of their formative intervention, narrative and/or autobiographical studies.
>>
>> I'm looking for an overview or paper that does more than argue the value
>> of one approach -- something to start them off thinking about the issues,
>> not immerse them in one perspective quite yet.
>>
>> If not an overview then maybe a paper that contextualizes "rigor" and
>> "reliability".
>>
>> Obviously this is an endless topic but do some people reading XMCA have
>> some favorite papers that they give to their advisees or use when they
>> teach a methods class?
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Beth
>> --
>> Beth Ferholt
>> Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood and Art Education;
>> Affiliated Faculty, CUNY Graduate Center
>> Brooklyn College, City University of New York
>> 2900 Bedford Avenue
>> Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889
>>
>> Email: bferholt@brooklyn.cuny.edu
>> Phone: (718) 951-5205
>> Fax: (718) 951-4816
>>
>

-- 
Beth Ferholt
Associate Professor, Department of Early Childhood and Art Education;
Affiliated Faculty, CUNY Graduate Center
Brooklyn College, City University of New York
2900 Bedford Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11210-2889

Email: bferholt@brooklyn.cuny.edu
Phone: (718) 951-5205
Fax: (718) 951-4816
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