Table of contents for Primer for critiquing social research : a student guide / Michael J. Holosko.


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Chapter 1 Introduction to a Primer for Critiquing Social Research: A
Student Guide
Introduction  .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .1
Assumptions About the Text           .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .1
Layout of the Text               .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .3
Chapter 2 Science or Not? Research or Not? Science and Research
Is It Research?  ..          ..7
Non-Research Studies .                       .    .   .   .   .       .8
Chapter 3 Qualitative vs. Quantitative Research
Purpose      .   ...                     .    .   .12
Philosophical Perspective    .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   13
Logical Orientation  .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .           13
Dynamism                         .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   13
Theory Use and Generation            .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   13
Researcher's Role .                      .   .    .   .   .   .   .   14
Problem Specification .              .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   14
Method       .   ..              .   .   ..14
Generalizability         .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .       .   14
Chapter 4 Writing Clarity, Title, Author's Affiliation, Abstract, and
References
W riting Clarity                 .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   .   17
Title                                                                 19
Author's Affiliation                          .   .   .   .   .   .   20
Abstract                 .   .   .   .   .    .   .   .   .   .   .   21
References                                                            21
Chapter 5 The Three Main Content Areas of the Quantitative Research
Article: Introduction, Method, and Results
Chapter 6 Introduction: Review of the Literature and Study Purpose
Introduction  .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .  25
Review of the Literature                 .   .   .   .   .   .    .  25
Study Purpose                               .    .   .   .   .   .   27
Latent Purposes                          .   .   .   .   .    .   .  27
Implied Purpose or the Purpose Behind the Purpose  .  .  .    .      27
Chapter 7 Method: Sample Selection, Study Design,Data Collection
Procedures, and Materials
The Overall Method   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .        .  29
Sample Selection .               .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .   .  29
Study Design .                               .   .   .   .    .   .  30
Major Classification Type        .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .      31
Design Objectives.                           .   .   .   .   .   .   32
Design Parameters                    .   .   .   .   .               33
How Many Groups Are There? .                 .   .   .   .   .   .   36
Data Collection Procedures.                      .   .   .   .   .   37
Instruments of Study  .  .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   38
Chapter 8 The Results: The Findings, Discussion, and Implications
Findings            .    .   .   .   .   .                           41
Tables/Graphs/Charts                 .   .   .   .   .   .   .    .  41
Statistics                   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   42
Data About the Sample (n) .  .           .   .   .   .   .   .   .   44
Discussion                                                           45
Limitations                                                          46
Implications               .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .     47
Chapter 9 Qualitative Social Research
Distinguishing Qualitative Methods from Qualitative Techniques.  .  .  51
Main Purposes of Qualitative Research    .   .   .   .   .           53
Entering The Field.              .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   53
How to Collect QL Data   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .       54
Unfolding Assumptions/Questions Arising          .   .   .   .   .   55
Time         .   ...                         .   .   .56
Sampling                                     .   .   .   .   .       57
QL Research Methods .                    .   .   .   .   .   .    .  58
Qualitative Research Techniques          .   .   .   .   .   .    .  60
Critiquing Methods and Techniques Together .             .   .    .  61
QL Data -+ Categories - Themes   .   .   .   .   .   .   .   .       62
Checking the Rigor of QL Research by Using the 3 Rs      .   .    .  63
Chapter 10 Concluding Remarks



Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Social sciences Research