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Figures | |
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Preface to the Fourth Edition | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Research Problem Indentification | |
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Selecting a Research Problem | |
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Definitions of Research | |
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Research Concepts | |
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Categories of Music-Education Research | |
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Expansion of Degree Programs | |
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Common Ways of Obtaining Research Topic Information | |
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Selection of a Topic | |
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The Scientific Method | |
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Reflective Thinking | |
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Initial Considerations in the Selection of Appropriate Literature | |
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Formulating the Research Problem | |
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Efficient Library Use | |
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Obtaining Items from Other Libraries | |
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Photocopying Materials | |
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Resource Materials | |
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Reference Materials for Music Education | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Writing the Research Proposal and the Research Document | |
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The Research Process | |
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The Research Proposal | |
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Title | |
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Problem Statement | |
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Subproblems | |
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Definition of Terms | |
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Delimitations | |
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Procedures | |
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Need for the Study | |
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Organization of the Study | |
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Related Literature | |
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Bibliography | |
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Appendix | |
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Vita | |
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Research Document | |
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What Was Done | |
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What Was Found | |
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What It Means | |
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Epilogue | |
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Other Concerns | |
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Chapter and Other Headings | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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The Research Methodologies--Concepts and Techniques | |
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Philosophical Inquiry: Concepts and Techniques | |
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Purposes of Philosophical Inquiry | |
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Realism as a Philosophical Basis for Research | |
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The Philosophical Roots of Realism | |
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Logical Positivism | |
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Logic as a Tool in Philosophical Inquiry | |
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Rationalism | |
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Current Realist Philosophies of Science | |
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A Middle Ground Continued: The Antirealist "Social Constructionists" in Science | |
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Historical Relativism | |
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Conclusions | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Aesthetic Inquiry: Concepts and Techniques | |
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Four Approaches to Aesthetic Inquiry | |
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Formalist | |
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Psychological | |
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Phenomenological | |
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Institutionalism | |
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The Aesthetic Object and the Art Object | |
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Aesthetic Inquiry and Musical Significance | |
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Leonard B. Meyer's Formalism | |
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Edmund Husserl's Descriptive Phenomenology | |
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The Phenomenological Reduction | |
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A Phenomenological Account of Time | |
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Martin Heidegger's Interpretive Phenomenology | |
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An Eclectic Method for Aesthetic Inquiry into Music | |
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Conclusions | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Qualitative Research: Concepts and Techniques | |
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The Researcher as Instrument | |
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Strategies for Field Research | |
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Participant Observation | |
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Interview | |
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Key Informant Interviewing | |
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Career or Life Histories | |
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Surveys | |
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Interview Techniques and Guidelines | |
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Preparing for the Interview | |
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Performing an Interview | |
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Interview Guidelines to Remember | |
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Data Analysis | |
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Drawing Conclusions | |
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Qualitative Evaluation | |
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Conclusions | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Concepts of Quantifying Research Data | |
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Variables | |
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Independent and Dependent Variables | |
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Populations and Samples | |
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Sampling | |
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Volunteers as a Sample | |
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Matching Subjects | |
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Random Assignment | |
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Size of Sample | |
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Scores and Observations: Measuring Variables | |
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Types of Data | |
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Tests | |
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Norm-referenced Tests | |
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Domain-referenced Tests | |
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Standardized Tests | |
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Validity | |
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Reliability | |
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Selecting Tests | |
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Basic Statistics | |
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Kinds of Statistics | |
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Descriptive Statistics | |
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Measures of Relationships | |
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Tests for Differences | |
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Probability | |
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Significant Differences | |
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Summary | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Descriptive Research: Concepts and Techniques | |
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Purposes of Descriptive Research | |
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Kinds of Descriptive Research | |
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Survey Studies | |
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Relationship Studies | |
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Significant Correlations | |
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Development Studies | |
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Combined Studies | |
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Tools of Descriptive Research | |
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Questionnaire | |
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Objectives | |
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Sampling | |
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Developing the Items | |
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Constructing the Questionnaire | |
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Pretesting | |
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The Cover Letter | |
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Follow-ups | |
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Delphi Technique | |
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Opinionnaire | |
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Interview | |
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Rating Scale | |
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Observation | |
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Standardized Tests | |
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Case Studies and Ethnographic Research | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Research: Concepts and Techniques | |
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Concepts of Experimental Research | |
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Hypothesis | |
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Validity | |
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Internal Validity | |
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External Validity | |
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Experimental Designs | |
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Pilot Study | |
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True Experimental Designs | |
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Quasi-Experimental Designs | |
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Identification of Quasi-Experimental Designs | |
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Factorial Designs | |
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Inferential Statistics: Concepts | |
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Parametric Tests | |
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t-tests | |
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Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) | |
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Analysis of Covariance (ANCOVA) | |
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Multiple Analysis of Variance (MANOVA) | |
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Nonparametric Tests | |
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Chi-Square | |
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Mann-Whitney U-Test | |
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Kruskal-Wallis Test | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Historical Research: Concepts and Techniques | |
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Newer Historical Research Approaches | |
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Narrative or Chronological History | |
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Historical Research Procedures | |
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Probability | |
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Source Materials | |
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Selection of Topic | |
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Oral History | |
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Historical Research Data Gathering | |
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External Criticism or Authenticity | |
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Internal Criticism or Credibility | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Music Education Research--a Glimpse Into the Future | |
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What Does the Future Hold for Music-Education Research? | |
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Problems for Review and Discussion | |
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Supplementary Sources | |
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Notes | |
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Index | |
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About the Authors | |