OSP Research Design & Data Analysis Lab

Research Design & Data Analysis Lab

Office of Sponsored Programs

About Us

The mission of the Office of Research, Scholarship, and Sponsored Programs (ORSSP) Research Design and Data Analysis Lab is to support research at The University of Texas at Tyler by providing students, faculty, and staff with expert guidance in developing research designs and methods and conducting data analyses that are based on quantitative, qualitative, and mixed method approaches.

Our Objectives

Provide guidance in the development of research designs and methods for the use with quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods approaches including one-on-one consulting, workshops, and tutorials online.
Develop a repository of online resources on research approaches, designs, methods, and data analysis for use by students, faculty, staff, and beyond.

Our Team

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Meet our staff

Resources

Visit our resources page to help you with academic writing, qualtrics, data science research, qualitative research, quantitative research, and machine learning.

Upcoming Webinars and Workshops

TOPIC	DESCRIPTION	DATE	TIME	SPEAKER	REGISTER
Fall 2025: Qualitative Book Club (4)	Join us for our monthly Fall Book Club meeting as we learn together and discuss chapters 13-16 from: Qualitative research in practice: Examples for discussion and analysis. Participants are encouraged to read the selected chapters prior to the meeting but prior reading is not required. If you missed a previous meeting, do not hesitate to still join. All are welcome! Access to the book is free through the UT Tyler Library: E-Book	11/6/25	12pm - 1pm	Dr. Jennifer Watters, Dr. Yonjoo Cho, Dr. Diane Smedley, and Dr. Beth Hyatt	REGISTER NOW

The AI Tools that you should be using Today!	AI isn’t replacing teachers - it’s replacing tedious tasks. What once took hours of grading, feedback, or lesson planning can now take minutes. The real question isn’t ‘Should faculty use AI?’ but ‘Why let our students be the only ones using it?’ In this session, we’ll explore the AI tools that every educator should be using today — tools that don’t just save time, but help us teach, research, and inspire in entirely new ways	11/20/25	12pm - 1pm	Dr. Sagnik Dakshit	REGISTER NOW

Fall 2025: Qualitative Book Club (5)	Join us for our monthly Fall Book Club meeting as we learn together and discuss chapters 17-18 from: Qualitative research in practice: Examples for discussion and analysis. Participants are encouraged to read the selected chapters prior to the meeting but prior reading is not required. If you missed a previous meeting, do not hesitate to still join. All are welcome! Access to the book is free through the UT Tyler Library: E-Book	12/4/25	12pm - 1pm	Dr. Jennifer Watters, Dr. Yonjoo Cho, Dr. Diane Smedley, and Dr. Beth Hyatt	REGISTER NOW

Tutorial on Notion for Educators	Faculty life runs on ideas—but we lose half of them to cluttered inboxes and scattered documents. Notion isn’t just another app; it’s a way to build a single digital home for your teaching, research, and service. This session is about reclaiming time and attention, so we can focus on what we actually signed up for: learning and discovery. Between classes, committees, and the avalanche of email, we’ve all become accidental project managers. Notion is what happens when a to-do list, a wiki, and a database have a very organized baby. Today, we’ll see how it can bring a little sanity back to the academic whirlwind.	12/19/25	12pm - 1pm	Dr. Sagnik Dakshit	REGISTER NOW

Watch recordings and resources from past webinars and workshops.