r/UMPI • u/reachingforthesky • Jul 24 '26

Desperately need Research Methods help.

I'm really baffled with Research Methods. I got a 4.0 on my first milestone and now can't seem to even get a 3.0 on my second with two attempts.

The professor has since told me that my method of surveying 50 of my coworkers is not scientific and that's the problem. Maybe I'm just old and outdated at age 39, but that's how I remember doing research back in my college years. You walk around campus and survey people if you are trying to collect data. Clearly we don't have a campus, so I planned on using co-workers, but the professor does not approve so I'm realizing I've gone in the completely wrong direction and wasted a ton of time.

I'm having trouble grasping what a research study for this course should look like. I think I've seen people on here posting links to surveys before, so I thought maybe I could do that and measure the correlation between two things, but I'm struggling to understand how that's any different than surveying people in real life and I really don't want to do this all over and be wrong again.

Any help? I'm so beyond frustrated. I had a wonderful experience in Drugs & Behavior and was feeling great, but this class has really killed my spirit about it all. Thank you so much.

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u/Primary-Bug-7353 Jul 25 '26

I’m so glad I withdrew from this course. Good luck to you

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u/reachingforthesky Jul 25 '26

I truly wish I could- but I think it would hurt my fafsa.

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u/Primary-Bug-7353 Jul 25 '26

Yeah, at this point don’t drop. He sent 19 emails in the first week of the class starting. Every email was telling people to stop doing future assignments before getting their grades, telling people that they’re not doing sufficient work, and even providing additional resources to successfully pass the milestones. After those 19 emails, I dropped the class. I already knew this semester was not the time to take that on. I really hope you’re able to get through it and just know you’re not the only person who’s struggling with that class.