Title:
Reason & rigor : how conceptual frameworks guide research
Author:
Ravitch, Sharon M., author.
ISBN:
9781483340401
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Edition:
Second edition.
Physical Description:
xxiv, 234 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Introduction to conceptual frameworks -- Why conceptual frameworks? -- Origins of a conceptual framework: the birth of grit -- Excavating questions: conceptual frameworks, research questions, and research design -- The role of the conceptual framework in data collection and fieldwork -- Conceptual frameworks and the analysis of data -- Expanding the conversation, extending the argument: the role of conceptual frameworks in presenting, explaining, and contextualizing findings -- Reflections on the making and re-making of a conceptual framework -- The conceptual framework as guide and ballast.
Abstract:
"Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers, Reason & Rigor presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. The book explores the conceptual framework—defined as both a process and a product—that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges. Focusing on published studies on a range of topics and employing both quantitative and qualitative methods, the updated Second Edition features two new chapters and clearly communicates the processes of developing and defining conceptual frameworks."--Publisher's description.
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