Inquiry methods in SOTL may include:
- reflection and analysis
- interviews and focus groups
- questionnaires and surveys
- content analysis of text
- secondary analysis of existing data
- quasi-experiments (comparison of two sections of the same course)
- observational research
- case studies
- additional methods
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These methods will generate various data types such as:
- Sound recordings
- Images or video
- Textual such as questionnaire responses
- Formative and summative assessments from current students or past ones
- Numerical data
- Institutional research data.
From A Guide from the Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching. Retrieved August 15, 2023,
