Writing for Publication
This self-study course provides learners with an understanding of the principles for writing and publishing persuasive newspaper, magazine, or professional journal articles, with a specific focus on how …
Research Methods
The Art of Attribution
This lesson helps students work through the pitfalls of summarizing, quoting, and paraphrasing, which often lead to inadvertent plagiarism. Presentation by Noel Yucuis. pop-out to watch …
Grad Skills Resource Lists
Resources to help improve your reading, writing, thinking, learning, and research skills.
How to Organize an Effective Academic Paper
Do you wonder where to start when sitting down to write your first paper in homeland security? This 3-part series teaches you how to write …
Root Cause Analysis
This module provides a roadmap to understanding the process of root- cause analysis and how this technique can aid problem-solving and mitigate issue recurrence. open …
Growth of Multidisciplinary Scientific Research
This module provides an overview of the growth of multi-disciplinary scientific research and how that research applies to defense and infrastructure rapid technological advancement. open …
Charts
This series, developed by Lauren Fernandez and Will Clapham, gives students an understanding of what makes a good, readable chart. Introduction to Charts Chart Clean-up …
Hypothesis 101 (and other Social Science concepts)
No matter what kind of research you conduct, it is necessary to identify and expose your biases in order to develop a relevant and reliable …
Research Process and Methods
The goals of these self-study lectures are to explore the practices and modalities of good research, to learn a set of research steps or phases …
Research Paradigms
Most kinds of research fall into one of the following paradigms: Descriptive, Evaluative, Prescriptive, Exploratory, or Predictive. These paradigms have to do with the purpose …
Qualitative Research
Qualitative Research involves the use of words and observations as data, rather than numbers. It seeks to answer the “why” rather than the “how” question. …
What is Inquiry?
There are a million reasons to conduct research: the desire to satisfy curiosity; to learn something new; to prove someone wrong or question the status …