Faculty Professional Development
Calendar of Events
Apr 06
Developing and Constructing Survey Scales/Measures/Instruments Using SPSS to Derive Psychometric Properties of Reliability and Validity
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual Event (Zoom)
Dr. Ralph Carlson
Professor, Department of Human Development and School Services
After attending these conversations, participants will be able to develop an initial item pool, develop item stems, develop item response formats, address item distributions, address item discrimination index, address reliability through Cronbach’s alpha coefficient, use exploratory factor analysis to derive construct validity, use SPSS, and identify ways to use underlying dimensions of an instrument as predictor variables in multiple linear regression analysis.
April 6, and 8, 2022
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Apr 14
How to Obtain a Book Contract and Write the Book
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual Event (Zoom)
Dr. Javier Cavazos
Associate Dean for Research and Graduate Programs, College of Education and P-16 Integration
This conversation focuses on writing a book and securing a book contract. After attending this session, participants will become familiar with submitting a book proposal, strategies to secure a book contract, and create a plan to write a book.
April 14, 2022
12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Apr 21
Getting Started with Qualtrics Creating a Simple Survey
Time: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Location: Virtual Event (Zoom)
Dr. Alex. Garcia
Associate Professor, Department of Organization and School Leadership
This conversation focuses on basic concepts for creating a Qualtrics survey. After attending this conversation, participants will be able to create and publish a basic survey.
Thursday, April 21, 2022
12:00 PM-1:00 PM