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Chap 5: Intro, establishes problem leading to study
reviewing…
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- establishes problem leading to study
- reviewing literature about problem
- identifies deficiencies
- targeting audience
- identify purpose of study
- create reader interest
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describe research problem that's best understood by a concept/phenomenon
- concept is immature due to lack of theory/prev research
- available theory might be inaccurate, incorrect, or biased
- need exists to describe the phenomena and develop theory
- nature of phenomenon may not be suited to quantitative measures
understanding what factors/variables affect outcome
- test theory
- incorporate substantial reviews of the literature to identify research question
- written impersonally and past tense
--> objective
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- research problem
- studies that have addressed the problem
- deficiencies in study
- significance of study for particular audiences
- purpose statement
- narrative hook: draw reader in
- no quotations
- no idiomatic expressions/phrases
- numeric info
- clearly identify research problem
- why problem is important
--> cite numerous references
- consistent with research approach
- refer to lit by summarizing groups of studies
- place in-text references to deemphasize single studies
- review research studies that used quantitative, qualitative, or mixed method
- recent lit (last 10 yrs)
- cite several deficiencies
- identify specifically the deficiencies of other studies
i.e. methodological flaws, variables overlooked
- write about areas overlooked by past studies
i.e. topics, special statistics treatment, significant treatments, significant implications
- how proposed study will remedy deficiencies
- how proposed study will contribute to lit
- 3/4 reasons that study adds to scholarly research
- 3/4 reasons how study helps improve practice
- 3/4 reasons as to why the study will improve policy