COM 506
Verbal Data Analysis
Section: 001

Course Description

Research strategies for understanding how spoken and written language shapes activities (e.g., design, instruction, counseling, gaming interactions, e-commerce, etc.). Tracking patterned uses of language as verbal data (e.g., grammatically topically, thematically), formulating research questions, and designing studies to answer those questions through quantitative descriptive means. Sampling, collecting and managing data, developing coding schemes, achieving reliability, using descriptive statistical measures, and reporting the results.

Spring 2026

Instructors

Meeting Patterns

Classes Start:
January 12, 2026
Classes End:
April 28, 2026
Location:
00126 Tompkins Hall
Class Days:
W
Class Start Time:
6:00pm
Class End Time:
8:45pm

Class Type:
Lecture
Credits:
3.00
Restrictions:
None