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Custom Research
Have a specific question you'd like answered? Want to know what the research says about a particular topic? Want to evaluate your learning-and-performance interventions? Want to test two types of learning interventions against each other? Not sure your research-based conclusions are correct? Want a second opinion? Want to test several instructional design methods to see which one will work best for you in your situation? Know what point you want to make, but can't find the right research to cite? Want to evaluate the validity of someone else's arguments or research citations? Not sure you can trust the source? Want to get a second opinion about your research designs? Or to find out if your evaluation plans are methodologically sound? Want your performance-consulting practices evaluated for potential biases? Want to find a book or a few credible research articles to get you started in thinking about a particular topic?
1. We can do a comprehensive literature review to determine what the research says about a specific issue. We'll take an extensive look at the psychological, educational, and learning literature to help you answer your question. We'll tell you what we find, and we'll tell you how confident we are in the research. We'll provide citations of the original research, and we'll be available to help you interpret it. 2. We can do a quick-and-dirty literature review. Sometimes all you may need is a verification that you're headed in the right direction. 3. We can help you find a few credible sources to help you begin thinking about a particular topic. With the Internet and the mass media revved up to the boiling point, it's hard not to get burned by books, articles, and websites that sound good and float ethereally in the popular consciousness for a time, only to evaporate into thin air when their validity is examined closely. 4. We can evaluate research designs--either yours or someone else's. We can look at your research plans or evaluate research that's been completed. We can help with learning-and-performance research, instructional testing, and product testing. 5. We can examine a set of citations (or even a single citation) to determine whether the research articles cited say what they purport to say. We will help to ensure that you haven't been misled by the assumed authority of published research. Most research is good, but it's often taken out of context, misinterpreted, or cited inappropriately. We've seen cases where the articles cited have no bearing whatsoever on the issue being discussed. We'll help you avoid such embarrassing mistakes. 6. We can evaluate research articles for methodological rigor. Some research studies use inadequate or inappropriate methodologies. Some authors draw conclusions that aren't warranted from the data. Some research may be relevant in certain situations but not in others. If you're basing your practices on research articles that you're not sure about, you might want to check the validity of the source. And remember, in the research world, one article never provides proof!! 7. We can help you design and implement evaluations of your learning interventions, pilot tests of your instructional technologies, outcome studies of your training-and-performance consulting practices. 8. We can help you test one instructional design method against another. 9. We can help you think through the tradeoffs involved in evaluation and measurement. Contact Will Thalheimer directly to learn more.
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