COMM 910 - Advanced Doctoral Research in Communications

Credits: 3
Prerequisite: COMM 825, and COMM 828.
Serves as an advanced experience to assure students are prepared to do professional research in communications. Students will design a complete communications research project suitable for professional presentation and publication. Their work will encompass research design, measurement techniques, statistical procedures, and philosophies of research. Quantitative and qualitative approaches will be considered. Also covered are practical points such as data collection and generation strategies, concept definitions, database structure, and report design.