{"id":28,"date":"2012-03-19T18:22:47","date_gmt":"2012-03-19T18:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2014-04-18T13:21:27","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T13:21:27","slug":"research-tools-and-instruments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/research-tools-and-instruments\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Tools\/Instruments"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h2><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>Case Studies and Qualitative Measures<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Case studies may be a great way to examine students&#8217; thinking in development, as it unfolds and becomes more complex and integrative.<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/books.google.com\/books\/about\/Living_The_Catholic_Social_Tradition.html?id=mfQc3Jh0x1sC\">Weigert and Kelley text (2004)<\/a> provides a good starting point for examining the role of case studies.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Pilot Study at Notre Dame<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/CST-Centerwide-Qualitative-Analyses-2009-2011.pdf\">CST Center-wide Qualitative Analyses 2009 2011<\/a><\/p>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<hr align=\"center\" size=\"2\" width=\"100%\" \/>\n<\/div>\n<h2><strong>Survey Instruments<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>There are many relevant survey tools\u2014drawn from various lines of exploration\u2014that we can use in our research. \u00a0For example:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Commitment to the Common Good<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Responsibility-for-Improving-Society-Nelson-Laird-et-al.-2005.pdf\">Responsibility for Improving Society\u00a0<\/a>(Nelson Laird et al., 2005)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Openness-to-Diversity-Pascarella-et-al-1996.pdf\">Openness to Diversity\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(Pascarella et al., 1996)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Preferential Option for the Poor\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Empowerment-View-of-Helping-Michlitsch-Frankel-1989.pdf\">Empowerment View of Helping\u00a0<\/a>(Michlitsch &amp; Frankel, 1989)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Justice-Scale-Just-World-Scale-PBJW-Dalbert.pdf\">Belief in a Just World Scale<\/a>\u00a0(Dalbert et al., 1987)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Social-Dominance-Orientation-Sidanius-et-al.-1994.pdf\">Social Dominance Orientation\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0(Sidanius et al., 1994)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.nd.edu\/cstresearch\/files\/2012\/03\/Sustained-Immersion-Courses-Fall10-MJCSL-Bowman-Brandenbereger-et-al.pdf\">See Bowman et al. (2010) article on equality, justice and social responsibility in MJCSL. <\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>New Measures\/Scales<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In addition, the richness and complexity of CST principles warrant the development of scales designed to examine them specifically through measures tailored to Catholic social tradition.<\/p>\n<p>A possible model would be the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ethicaldevelopment.ua.edu\/publications-and-papers\">Defining Issues Test<\/a>, developed by James Rest and colleagues to examine moral and ethical development. The DIT measures how well individuals incorporate ethical principles into decision-making. \u00a0Can we develop a similar instrument to examine individuals&#8217; abilities to recognize CST principles and commitment to them in relevant contexts?<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.character.org\/more-resources\/assessment-tools\/individual\/\">Instruments and Assessment Tools Listed at CEP<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.character.org\/more-resources\/assessment-tools\/individual\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Case Studies and Qualitative Measures Case studies may be a great way to examine students&#8217; thinking in development, as it unfolds and becomes more complex and integrative. 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