1. Analyze how institutional effectiveness and accreditation differ and the requirements of
one regional accreditation agency to carry out Institutional Effectiveness processes.
2. Defend the importance of institutional mission, vision, and core values.
3. Compare how local and national direct and indirect assessment results should be
gathered, analyzed, visualized, reported to stakeholders, stored, and published.
Scientific method
The Nature of Knowing: The Scientific Method The scientific method is not limited to laboratory experiments. It is a systematic way of thinking that applies to all fields of study, including the social sciences. Scholars agree that rigorous research follows similar steps no matter the discipline (Kunisch et al., 2023).