New Methods for New Methods Project Overview

This document provides an overview of the New Methods for New Methods Doctoral Education Project.

The project is based on the following studies:

• Brown, G. T. L. (2006, July). Research methods preparation for independent research at the Masterate Level: Literature review. Report to the Research Preparation for Independent Research Project. University of Auckland, Faculty of Education.
• Brown, G. T. L. (2007, May). Investigations into the research preparation of masters students for independent study (RPIS). Final Report to the Research Methods Preparation in the Faculty of Education Project. Auckland, NZ: University of Auckland, Faculty of Education.
• Brown, G. T. L. (2014). What supervisors expect of education masters students before they engage in supervised research: A Delphi study. International Journal of Quantitative Research in Education, 2(1), 69-88. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJQRE.2014.060983

The project has evolved to include these publications:

• Brown, G. T. L. (2017). Doctoral education in quantitative research methods: Some thoughts about preparing future scholars. Frontiers in Applied Mathematics & Statistics, 3(25), 1-4. https://doi.org/10.3389/fams.2017.00025
• Abbasnasab Sardareh, S., Brown, G. T. L., & Denny, P. (2021). Comparing four contemporary statistical software tools for introductory data science and statistics in the social sciences. Teaching Statistics, 43(S1), S157-S172. https://doi.org/10.1111/test.12274
• Brown, G. T. L. (2023). Teaching advanced statistical methods to postgraduate novices: A case example. Frontiers in Education, 8(1302326). https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2023.1302326