Course Description This is the second inquiry course, and as such, it builds upon the broad foundation provided in Inquiry I of being a good consumer of research and understanding how systematic inquiry is conducted in education using qualitative and quantitative methods. Inquiry II deepens and extends this knowledge by providing more in-depth focus on how to conduct research using one of these paradigms in particular and prepares students to engage in their own dissertation inquiry around a problem of practice. Both tracks emphasize techniques to ensure data quality and use of sound sampling strategies, whether purposeful or random, to generate valid, meaningful, and trustworthy conclusions. The inferential track of Inquiry II emphasizes describing and exploring relationships among quantified variables with the intent to generalize the findings from the particular (sample) to the population using descriptive and inferential statistics. Students will learn through experiential exercises how to design/select instruments, collect, analyze, interpret, and present data.