Transcript Research Process

Research Process
The How-to…
Dr. Miller, TE 432/5432
Special Methods
I. Section 1: Purpose
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Clearly state the background to the problem
and what you hope to accomplish through
the research.
 Be clear and succinct about the type of
qualitative inquiry you intend to use (e.g.,
narrative, phenomenology, grounded theory,
ethnography, critical, or case study, Merriam,
p. 38) and why you intend to use it and how it
is important for your investigation.
Questions and Sub-questions
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Pose focus questions you intend to explore
and provide sub-questions if appropriate.
 Set delimiters- I.e., the scope of the study will
focus on this, but not that.
e.g., RQ: How can a geo-history help to inform
students about becoming change agents?
delimiters:
(a). How did the real estate industry prior to the changes under the FHA in KC,
MO generate inequitable neighborhoods east of Troost?
(b). What impact did this have on students’ self perceptions at Central High
School?
II. Section 2:
Literature Review/Theoretical Framework
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Provide previous key studies in related fields
from which you situate your study.
 Cite studies that help to frame (also known as
a theoretical framework) or narrow down the
context of your research (see Merriam, pp.
74-75).
 Lit review info
 Lit review 2
III. Section 3:
Method of Data Collection
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Describe how you conducted your research-- what
you did to gather your data: i.e., literature, field
notes, observations, interviews, digital stories,
cultural autobiographies, life histories, diversity workshops,
group interviews/interviews (highly
structured/semistructured/unstructured/informal) surveys
(See Qualtrics), questionnaires, spatial mapping, crosscultural interviews, journaling, activist assignments, mining
documents: (public records, personal, pop culture, visual)
physical/material/identity artifacts…
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If this is just research based in articles or
texts, then state that
IRB- Institutional Review Board
protecting human subjects
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For more details see:
http://www.iup.edu/page.aspx?id=6637
Review exemptions and expedition
Review sample IRB
Sampling
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Purposeful or criterion-based selection:
selecting participants that are useful to the
purpose of your study (e.g., typical, unique,
atypical, convenience,
snowball/chain/network, theoretical
sampling, or rare attributes)
How many? Discuss…
Data Analysis
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Describe how you made sense of your data. Did
you put it through any particular method of
analysis such as critical discourse analysis
(Bakhtin, 1981 1986; Foucault, 1986; Rogers, 2004;
Wetherell et al., 2001), conversational analysis
(Wetherell et al., 2001), matrix analysis (Miller,
2008), rhizomatic analysis (Leander, 2006)
)sociolinguistic and corpus analysis, and feminist
analysis ?
 Constant compare/contrast: taxonomies, themes
IV. Section 4:
Findings
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Describe what you found as it relates to
the literature review through rich, thick
description (Merriam, pp. 28-99 and 4444)
V. Section V:
Reflection/conclusion
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Synthesize what you found.
How can these findings add to the
conversation?
Pose questions for future research
Draw conclusions that lead to further
thinking and future considerations
Works Cited
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Create a properly formatted works cited in
either APA or MLA
 Bakhtin, M. M. (1981). The dialogical imagination:
Four
essays by M.M. Bakhtin (M.Holquist &
C.
Emerson, Trans.). Austin: University of
Texas
Press.
 ———. (1986). Speech genres and other late essays
(V.W.
McGee, Trans). C. Emerson & M.
Holquist
(Eds.). Austin: Texas University
Press.
 Cochran-Smith, M. (2001). Higher standards for
Formatting
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Be sure to know your format and follow
the expectations for formatting exactly:
MLA or APA
Misc
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Add figures, tables, pics
Include an abstract- overview of the
study
Add a title
On interviews, takes extra pencils,
batteries, forms, cds, tapes, leave
early/plan to stay late)
Proposals for Conferences
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Review NCTE proposal
Review NCTEAR proposal
http://nctear2010pittsburgh.wetpaint.com/
Be sure to include all aspects of what is
being asked of you in the submission
process