Reason & Rigor : how conceptual frameworks guide research / Sharon M. Ravitch, Matthew Riggan.

By:

Ravitch, Sharon M

Contributor(s):

Riggan, Matthew

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781412981255 (pbk.)
1412981255 (pbk.)

Other title:

Reason and rigor

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

001.4/2 23

LOC classification:

H62 .R344 2012

Contents:

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Why Conceptual Frameworks? -- Chapter 3. Excavating Questions: Conceptual Frameworks and Research Design -- Chapter 4. The Role of the Conceptual Framework in Data Collection and Fieldwork -- Chapter 5. Conceptual Frameworks and the Analysis of Data -- Chapter 6. Expanding the Conversation, Extending the Argument: The Role of Conceptual Frameworks in Presenting, Explaining, and Contextualizing Findings -- Chapter 7. The Conceptual Framework as Guide and Ballast.

Summary: "Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers embarking on a thesis or dissertation, as well as those advising them, this book presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. Defined as an argument about why the topic of a study matters, and why the methods proposed to study it are appropriate and rigorous, the book explores the conceptual framework as both a process and a framework that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges."--pub. desc.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	H 62 RAV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	c.039181	Available		BK00456351

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

"Designed for novice as well as more experienced researchers embarking on a thesis or dissertation, as well as those advising them, this book presents conceptual frameworks as a mechanism for aligning literature review, research design, and methodology. Defined as an argument about why the topic of a study matters, and why the methods proposed to study it are appropriate and rigorous, the book explores the conceptual framework as both a process and a framework that helps to direct and ground researchers as they work through common research challenges."--pub. desc.

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