Research Methods

Two studies related to my dissertation topic area are presented to demonstrate competency in qualitative and quantitative research methods.

The purpose of this qualitative study was to investigate the effects of commercialization education on the acceleration and success of life science technology transfer, as well as explore the culture of acceptance and resulting behavior towards commercialization activities by academic medical center leadership and faculty in the clinical and research setting. The following research questions were explored:

• How does life science commercialization education affect the acceleration and success of university-based technology transfer?

• How does life science commercialization education affect medical academician beliefs about technology transfer?

• How does life science commercialization education affect the behavior of medical academicians toward technology transfer?

Quantitative Methods

This purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between university leadership perceptions of faculty entrepreneurship and the university’s role in local, regional, and national economic development. The following set of hypotheses were explored:

H₀¹: There is no relationship between university leadership perceptions of entrepreneurial activity of the faculty and institutional control.

H₁¹: There is a relationship between university leadership perceptions of entrepreneurial activity of the faculty and institutional control.

H₀¹: There is no relationship between university leadership perceptions of entrepreneurial activity of the faculty and the institution becoming more market-oriented in its thinking.

H₁¹: There is a relationship between university leadership perceptions of entrepreneurial activity of the faculty and the institution becoming more market-oriented in its thinking.

H₀¹: There is no relationship between university leadership perceptions of the university’s role in local, regional, and national economic development and the institution becoming more market-oriented in its thinking.

H₁¹: There is a relationship between university leadership perceptions of the university’s role in local, regional, and national economic development and the institution becoming more market-oriented in its thinking.