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| Preface | |
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| Purpose | |
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| Audience | |
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| Format | |
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| Outline of Chapters | |
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| Preliminary Considerations | |
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| A Framework for Design | |
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| Three Elements of Inquiry | |
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| Alternative Knowledge Claims | |
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| Strategies of Inquiry | |
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| Research Methods | |
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| Three Approaches to Research | |
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| Criteria for Selecting an Approach | |
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| Personal Experiences | |
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| Audience | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Review of the Literature | |
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| Identifying a Topic | |
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| A Researchable Topic | |
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| Purpose of the Literature Review | |
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| Literature Reviews in Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Method Research | |
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| Design Techniques | |
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| Review of a Quantitative Study | |
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| Review of a Study Advancing a Typology | |
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| Style Manuals | |
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| A Model for Writing the Literature Review | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Writing Strategies and Ethical Considerations | |
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| Writing the Proposal | |
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| Central Arguments to Make | |
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| A Qualitative Constructivist/Interpretivist Format | |
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| A Qualitative Advocacy/Participatory Format | |
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| A Quantitative Format | |
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| A Mixed Methods Format | |
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| Writing Tips | |
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| A Sample Passage Illustrating the Hook-and-Eye-Technique | |
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| Ethical Issues to Anticipate | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Designing Research | |
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| The Introduction | |
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| The Importance of Introductions | |
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| Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Introductions | |
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| A Model for an Introduction | |
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| Deficiencies in the Literature | |
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| Deficiencies in the Literature | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| The Purpose Statement | |
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| Significance and Meaning of a Purpose Statement | |
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| A Qualitative Purpose Statement | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Qualitative Phenomenology Study | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Case Study | |
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| A Purpose Statement in an Ethnographic Study | |
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| A Quantitative Purpose Statement | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Grounded Theory Study | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Published Survey Study | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Dissertation Survey Study | |
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| A Purpose Statement in a Experimental Study | |
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| A Mixed Methods Purpose Statement | |
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| A Mixed Methods Purpose Statement, Convergent Strategy of Inquiry | |
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| A Mixed Methods Purpose Statement, Sequential Strategy of Inquiry | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Research Questions and Hypotheses | |
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| Qualitative Research Questions | |
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| A Qualitative Central Question From an Ethnography | |
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| Central Questions From a Case Study | |
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| Quantitative Research Questions and Hypotheses | |
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| A Null Hypothesis | |
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| Directional Hypotheses | |
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| Nondirectional and Directional Hypotheses | |
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| Standard Use of Language in Hypothesis | |
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| Mixed Method Research Questions and Hypotheses | |
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| Descriptive and Inferential Questions | |
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| Hypotheses and Research Questions in a Mixed Methods Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| The Use of Theory | |
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| Quantitative Theory-Use | |
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| A Quantitative Theory Section | |
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| Qualitative Theory-Use | |
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| An Example of Theory-Use Early in a Qualitative Study | |
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| A Theory at the End of a Qualitative Study | |
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| Mixed Methods Theory-Use | |
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| A Transformative-Emancipatory Mixed Methods Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Definitions, Limitations, and Significance | |
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| The Definition of Terms | |
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| Terms Defined in a Mixed Methods Dissertation | |
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| Terms Defined in an Independent Variables Section in a Quantitative Dissertation | |
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| Delimitations and Limitations | |
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| A Delimitation and a Limitation in a Doctoral Dissertation Proposal | |
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| Significance of the Proposed Study | |
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| Significance of the Study Stated in an Introduction to a Quantitative Study | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Quantitative Methods | |
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| Defining Surveys and Experiments | |
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| Components of a Survey Method Plan | |
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| An Example of a Survey Method Section | |
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| Components of an Experimental Method Plan | |
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| Pre-Experimental Designs | |
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| Quasi-Experimental Designs | |
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| True Experimental Designs | |
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| Single-Subject Designs | |
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| Threats to Validity | |
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| An Experimental Method Section | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Qualitative Procedures | |
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| The Characteristics of Qualitative Research | |
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| Strategies of Inquiry | |
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| The Researcher's Role | |
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| Data Collection Procedures | |
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| Data Recording Procedures | |
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| Data Analysis and Interpretation | |
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| Validating the Accuracy of Findings | |
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| The Qualitative Narrative | |
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| Qualitative Procedures | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| Mixed Methods Procedures | |
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| Components of Mixed Methods Procedures | |
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| The Nature of Mixed Methods Research | |
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| Types of Mixed Methods Strategies | |
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| Alternative Strategies and Visual Models | |
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| Data Collection Procedures | |
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| Data Analysis and Validation Procedures | |
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| Report Presentation Structure | |
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| Examples of Mixed Methods Procedures | |
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| A Sequential Strategy of Inquiry | |
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| A Concurrent Strategy of Inquiry | |
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| Summary | |
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| Writing Exercises | |
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| Additional Readings | |
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| References | |
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| Author Index | |
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| Subject Index | |
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| About the Author | |