small data assessment and action research
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These slides were shown during a presentation at lauc-b 2013, Making it Count: Opportunities and Challenges for Library Assessment, on October 23, 2013.TRANSCRIPT
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Small Data Assessment and Action Research
Making it Count: Opportunities and Challenges for Library Assessment
lauc-b 2013, Berkeley
April Cunningham,
Palomar College
Stephanie Rosenblatt,
Cerritos College
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Learning OutcomesI. Articulate questions about your practice and collaborate with peers to generate ideas for investigating these questions
II. Practice using various methods and tools for data collection and analysis.
III. Understand the concept of action research
Learning Outcomes
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Action Research Cycle
Plan
Act
Reflect
Share
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Types of Action Research
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Action Research is…5
Informed by concerns about practice/praxisConducted and often initiated by the
librarian(s)impacted as their expertise is valued
CollaborativeCritical, deliberative, and self-reflexiveInstigated with the goal of changing
practices, processes, policies, theories, or systems
Applicable to the local context
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Planning to Plan
Check to see if Action Research is really what you want to do (maybe a less critical form of practitioner research would be better)
Is one of your goals to find out if the consequences of your actions measure up to the professional principles and values that motivate your work?
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Task: Clarifying Your Question7
• Take a moment to think about your own work. What’s problematic?
• Generate one or two questions you’d like to investigate.
• Talk to a partner in your group. Do you share any questions/problems in common?
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Animating Your Plan
What is the situation right now? How can I find out? This is the reconnaissance phase. You will identify your key issues
Make some notes about Data on page 2 of your handout.
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Decide How You’ll Do These Things
Keep a journal or other form of notes This helps you see where you’ve been This gives you a place to recognize and set aside your
assumptionsKeep big questions in mind even while you’re
working from day-to-dayCope with inevitable interruptions and
competing prioritiesIdentify sources of help with data analysisFind critical friends
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ACT10
• Collect data
• Analyze data
• Continue to talk to collaborators or friends about your findings to get different perspectives on your process/methods and what you’re discovering
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Act
Action Steps… What changes can I make?Your analysis of the initial evidence has helped you identify key issues. Now what can you do about them?
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Data Collection Tools:
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Data Analysis Tools:
Google Forms Tableau Public Excel Rubrics LIWC Word text.stat
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Google Forms14
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https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1QYYKMCZUn-BM2qvPGaT6TsZx4jLwf9-neW0pA0bADoo/viewanalytics
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Tableau Public17
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Microsoft Excel19
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Descriptive statistics Inferential statistics
Describing the numerical data you have by organizing, graphing, or tabulating.
Using the sample you have to make inferences or hypotheses about a larger population.
Types of Statistics20
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Nominal
Ordinal
IntervalRatio
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Microsoft Excel
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Pretest Results
Frequency
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Posttest Results
Frequency
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Rubrics26
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Microsoft Word28
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HTTP: / /WWW.LIWC.NET/TRYONLINE.PHP
Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC)
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HTTP: / /TEXTSTAT.SOFTWARE.INFORMER.COM/
Text Stat34
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Reflect on Your Results
Evaluate the effects of the changes you made
What worked and what failed? How well did it work or how much did it fail? Why did some things work and some things
fail?
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Reflect on Your Perspective
Here’s how your perspective could evolve
Preliminary Question: What’s the difference in the types of sources students are using when they come to one of my library orientations and when they don’t?
New Questions: What should the librarian’s role be in advising faculty and students about resource-based learning? What is a reasonable expectation for student learning following a single library orientation? When do students learn how to incorporate sources into their papers?
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Action Research Cycle
Plan
Act
Reflect
Share
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Findings
How?
Where?
Who?