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John Bucci: finance, econometrics, mathematics, probability, data analysis, SAS, STATA, Matlab
B Collins: applied social psychology, research methods and assessments, communications, culture/ethnicity, ethics/morality, health, interpersonal processes, person perception, social influence, prejudice/stereotyping.
Tom Davidson: Doctorate program director: industrial psychology, organizational psychology, management, leadership, quantitative research, survey methodology, interviewing, applied field research, focus groups, mediation and moderation studies.
Helps students turn research ideas into specific and practical research designs, hypotheses, analytical methods and chapter outlines, literature reviews, methodology chapters.
Margaret Eaton: theology, classical Hebrew; Old Testament, Koine Greek, New Testament.
Les Foxman: public relations, journalism, communications.
Val Gerard: biology, botany, chemistry, ecology, environmental policy, environmental science, evolutionary biology, geography, geology, marine science, mathematical modeling, medicine, oceanography, physiology, veterinary medicine, zoology, and related scientific fields.
Dr. Gilbert:
Certified SAS base programmer, biostatistical analysis, medical data analysis, medical statistician, medical statistical analysis, biostatistician, survival analysis, ANOVA, MANOVA, ANCOVA, longitudinal data, repeated measures, path analysis, logistic regression, power calculations, structural equation modeling, robust data analysis, non parametric data analysis, cluster analysis, linear and logistic models, classification analysis, stepwise variable selection.
Dr. Sara H.:
Statistical Geneticist,
Quantitative Genetics,
Genetic Epidemiology,
Genotypic and Haplotype Tests,
Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium,
Genome-Wide Association Studies,
Golden Helix,
R Statistics – R Programming
Dr. Tracy Jackson: Nursing, Human Services, Social Work, Mental Health, Community Services.
Vicki Lawrence: Biostatistics, Research Methodologies, Public Health,
Epidemiology Research, Data Set Management
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Debbie Nogsmith: Nursing and allied health fields, methodology, oral defense, alternative health care, social justice, integral studies, nursing ethics, nursing practice curriculum, cultural competency, feminism, geriatric nursing, health education, advising, coaching, mentoring, research
Chris Tomei: Slavic studies, humanities, computational linguistics, linguistic theory, Russian, comparative literature, folklore, modernism and women's studies, international relations, comparative culture, indexer of scholarly books.
Barbara von Diether: research strategies, scholarly writing, education administration, education technology, secondary education, curriculum development, needs assessment, education leadership, instructional design, instructional media, advertising, business administration, business management, business and educational leadership training and development, communications.
INDEXER
Madge Wallace is a professional freelance indexer. She creates indexes found at the back of nonfiction books. When an index is done according to generally accepted indexing standards, it performs flawlessly. The reader finds what he is looking for and doesn’t give the index a second thought. On the other hand, if the index is poorly done, the reader becomes frustrated and will likely move on to the next book. Worse yet, a nonfiction book published without an index may not be taken seriously by the publishing industry. In short, a good index enhances the value of a book to readers, reviewers, librarians, instructors, and researchers. It is a mark of a serious book.
Our capstone, thesis, and dissertation consultants help graduate students
prepare for their preliminary or comprehensive examinations--written and oral.
Comprehensive exams vary by institution as to length and difficulty. The student who expects to pass the comprehensive examinations should spend many hours studying course notes and notes from graduate-level lectures that were recommended by the department, paying special attention to material directly related to the student's field of research.
The well-prepared student takes plenty of notes during all courses that are required for a degree. The comprehensive exams do not cover every topic in every class; instead, the student who passes comprehensive exams demonstrates a synthesis of knowledge obtained throughout the years of study. The student may be asked to construct a brief research proposal that includes possible research questions, related theories, and research methods that would constitute a research proposal. The student should memorize important citations by name and year, particularly those that are germinal to the area of study. Doctoral learners must pass their comps in order to proceed to the dissertation writing phase.
Know the mission statement of the department. Mission statements contain keywords that should be used in the answers to comprehensive questions, where appropriate. They represent the core knowledge and values their student should represent upon graduation.
Most universities allow a student to retake the prelims/comps a second time if the first was failed. A failure usually means a long delay in graduation. You may need to wait 6-12 months to retake the complete exam or the portion you failed. The student is not granted a degree if a second attempt results in a second failure.
The comprehensive exam is considered the bridge between your coursework and your dissertation, thesis, or capstone. Your committee members will give you an idea of the questions that will constitute the full exam. Our consultants can then pose questions for practice and review your answers.