There will be a 3-day intensive Research Methodology workshop on July 12-14, 2009 at Hilton Cancun Golf & Spa Resort at Cancun, Mexico (ICAM1990.COM). The objective of the workshop is to help doctoral students and faculty write papers for publication in scholarly journals in the U.S.
1. Phase 1 (July 12): Formulation of hypotheses and creative ways to develop psychometrically sound measures that are free from method variance and social desirability responding and preparing data for Exploratory Factor Analysis with SPSS.
2. Phase 2 (July 13): Pearson correlations, Internal Consistency Reliabilities, Regression Analysis, Hierarchical Regression Analysis, estimating and plotting interaction effects, ANOVA, and Analysis of Covariance.
3. Phase 3 (July 14): Elementary, intermediate, and some advanced data analysis and interpretation with LISREL
If you want to attend this workshop, you will be required to pre-register for it and bring your laptop with SPSS and LISREL and the data file and questionnaires that you receive from us. (There will be no walk-in registration for the Workshop & is limited to 25 professionals.) PowerPoint presentations will be used to show step-by-step analysis of data and results and how to report results in your paper that you want to submit to a scholarly journal for publication.
Participants will receive a Research Methodology Manual which will show you how to use SPSS and LISREL to run various analyses and how to interpret and report results.
Inquiries should be addressed to:
Afzal Rahim
Distinguished University Professor
Western Kentucky University
Phone/Fax: 270-782-2601
Email: mgt2000@aol.com