Research Design,/ (Record no. 178121)

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Title Research Design,/
Statement of responsibility, etc. Creswell,John W.
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Edition statement 3rd.ed.
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Place of publication, distribution, etc. New Delhi:
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Sage publication,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2009.
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Formatted contents note Analytic contents of research techniques --<br/>Preface --<br/>Purpose --<br/>Audience --<br/>Format --<br/>Outline of chapters --<br/>Acknowledgments --<br/>About the author --<br/>Part 1: Preliminary Considerations --<br/>1: Selection of a research design --<br/>Three types of designs --<br/>Three components involved in a design --<br/>Philosophical worldviews --<br/>Postpositivist worldview --<br/>Social constructivist worldview --<br/>Advocacy and participatory worldview --<br/>Pragmatic worldview --<br/>Strategies of inquiry --<br/>Quantitative strategies --<br/>Qualitative strategies --<br/>Mixed methods strategies --<br/>Research methods --<br/>Research designs as worldviews, strategies, and methods --<br/>Criteria for selecting a research design --<br/>Research problem --<br/>Personal experiences --<br/>Audience --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>2: Review Of The Literature --<br/>Research topic --<br/>Literature review --<br/>Use of literature --<br/>Design techniques --<br/>Steps in conducting a literature review --<br/>Searching computerized databases --<br/>Priority for selecting literature material --<br/>Literature map of the research --<br/>Abstracting studies --<br/>Example 2-1: Literature review in a quantitative study --<br/>Example 2-2: Literature review in a study advancing a typology --<br/>Style manuals --<br/>Definition of terms --<br/>Example 2-3: Terms defined in a mixed methods dissertation --<br/>Example 2-4: Terms defined in an independent variables section --<br/>Quantitative or mixed methods literature review --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>3: Use Of Theory --<br/>Quantitative theory use --<br/>Variables in quantitative research --<br/>Definition of a theory --<br/>Forms of theories --<br/>Placement of quantitative theories --<br/>Writing a quantitative theoretical perspective --<br/>Example 3-1: Quantitative theory section --<br/>Qualitative theory use --<br/>Variation in theory use in qualitative research --<br/>Locating the theory in qualitative research --<br/>Example 3-2: Theory early in a qualitative study --<br/>Example 3-3: Theory at the end of a qualitative study --<br/>Mixed methods theory use --<br/>Example 3-4: Theory in a transformative-emancipatory mixed methods study --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>4: Writing Strategies And Ethical Considerations --<br/>Writing the proposal --<br/>Sections in a proposal --<br/>Format for a qualitative proposal --<br/>Example 4-1: Qualitative constructivist/interpretivist format --<br/>Example 4-2: Qualitative advocacy/participatory format --<br/>Format for a quantitative proposal --<br/>Example 4-3: Quantitative format --<br/>Format for a mixed methods proposal --<br/>Example 4-4: Mixed methods format --<br/>Designing the sections of a proposal --<br/>Writing ideas --<br/>Writing as thinking --<br/>Habit of writing --<br/>Readability of the manuscript --<br/>Example 4-5: Illustration of the hook-and-eye technique --<br/>Voice, tense, and "fat" --<br/>Ethical issues to anticipate --<br/>Ethical issues in the research problem --<br/>Ethical issues in the purpose and questions --<br/>Ethical issues in data collection --<br/>Ethical issues in data analysis and interpretation --<br/>Ethical issues in writing and disseminating the research --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings. Part 2: Designing Research --<br/>5: Introduction --<br/>Importance of introductions --<br/>Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods introductions --<br/>Model for an introduction --<br/>Illustration --<br/>Research problem --<br/>Studies addressing the problem --<br/>Deficiencies in past literature --<br/>Example 5-1: Deficiencies in the literature-needed studies --<br/>Example 5-2: Deficiencies in the literature-few studies --<br/>Significance of a study for audiences --<br/>Example 5-3: Significance of the study stated in an introduction to a quantitative study --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>6: Purpose Statement --<br/>Significance and meaning of a purpose statement --<br/>Qualitative purpose statement --<br/>Example 6-1: Purpose statement in a qualitative phenomenology study --<br/>Example 6-2: Purpose statement in a case study --<br/>Example 6-3: Purpose statement in an ethnography --<br/>Example 6-4: Purpose statement in a grounded theory study --<br/>Quantitative purpose statement --<br/>Example 6-5: Purpose statement in a published survey study --<br/>Example 6-6: Purpose statement in a dissertation survey study --<br/>Example 6-7: Purpose statement in an experimental study --<br/>Mixed methods purpose statement --<br/>Example 6-8: Concurrent mixed methods purpose statement --<br/>Example 6-9: Sequential mixed methods purpose statement --<br/>Example 6-10: Transformative concurrent mixed methods purpose statement --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>7: Research Questions And Hypotheses --<br/>Qualitative research questions --<br/>Example 7-1: Qualitative central question from an ethnography --<br/>Example 7-2: Qualitative central questions from a case study --<br/>Quantitative research questions and hypotheses --<br/>Example 7-3: Null hypothesis --<br/>Example 7-4: Directional hypotheses --<br/>Example 7-5: Nondirectional and directional hypotheses --<br/>Example 7-6: Standard use of language in hypotheses --<br/>Model for descriptive questions and hypotheses --<br/>Example 7-7: Descriptive and inferential questions --<br/>Mixed methods research questions and hypotheses --<br/>Example 7-8: Hypotheses and research questions in a mixed methods study --<br/>Example 7-9: Mixed methods question written in terms of mixing procedures --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>8: Quantitative Methods --<br/>Defining surveys and experiments --<br/>Components of a survey method plan --<br/>Survey design --<br/>Population and sample --<br/>Instrumentation --<br/>Variables in the study --<br/>Data analysis and interpretation --<br/>Example 8-1: Survey method section --<br/>Components of an experimental method plan --<br/>Participants --<br/>Variables --<br/>Instrumentation and materials --<br/>Experimental procedures --<br/>Example 8-2: Pre-experimental designs --<br/>Example 8-3: Quasi-experimental designs --<br/>Example 8-4: True experimental designs --<br/>Example 8-5: Single-subject designs --<br/>Threats to validity --<br/>Procedure --<br/>Data analysis --<br/>Interpreting results --<br/>Example 8-6: Experimental method section --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings. 9: Qualitative Procedures --<br/>Characteristics of qualitative research --<br/>Strategies of inquiry --<br/>Researcher's role --<br/>Data collection procedures --<br/>Data recording procedures --<br/>Data analysis and interpretation --<br/>Reliability, validity, and generalizability --<br/>Qualitative write-up --<br/>Example 9-1: Qualitative procedures --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>10: Mixed Methods Procedures --<br/>Components of mixed methods procedures --<br/>Nature of mixed methods research --<br/>Types of mixed methods strategies and visual models --<br/>Planning mixed methods procedures --<br/>Timing --<br/>Weighting --<br/>Mixing --<br/>Theorizing or transforming perspectives --<br/>Alternative strategies and visual models --<br/>Sequential explanatory strategy --<br/>Sequential exploratory strategy --<br/>Sequential transformative strategy --<br/>Concurrent triangulation strategy --<br/>Concurrent embedded strategy --<br/>Concurrent transformative strategy --<br/>Choosing a mixed methods strategy --<br/>Data collection procedures --<br/>Data analysis and validation procedures --<br/>Report presentation structure --<br/>Examples of mixed methods procedures --<br/>Example 10-1: Sequential strategy of inquiry --<br/>Example 10-2: Concurrent strategy of inquiry --<br/>Example 10-3: Transformative strategy of inquiry --<br/>Summary --<br/>Writing exercises --<br/>Additional readings --<br/>Glossary --<br/>References --<br/>Author index --<br/>Subject index.
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