© Dr. Lisa M. Baumgartner Associate Professor Texas A&M University 3 December 2014 G.R.A.B. Presentation Need committee approval to advance to data collection (also need IRB approval prior to data collection ). Shows your ability to conceptualize a problem, create relevant research questions/hypotheses, propose a method of investigation (methodology) and discuss possible solutions. Problem (Kilbourn, 2006). ***READ THIS*** ◦ ◦ ◦ ◦ Action Source Primary Source Context Theoretical Framework: This is the lens that you are looking through and may come from the literature you read (e.g. Mezirow’s transformative learning theory; Bandura’s social cognitive theory; etc). Conceptual framework: Uses concepts from several theories to form lens through which data is interpreted. Research questions (qualitative): Emerge from the problem and are “smaller” than the purpose of the study. Purpose: Explore how adults incorporate HIV/AIDS into their identities ◦ Questions: 1) What are the components of the identity incorporation process? 2) What is the nature of learning that occurs in the process? Methodology: Principles that guide our research practices. (McGregor & Murname, 2010). Method: Tools used to carry out research (e.g. surveys, interviews, tests) which are shaped by the methodology. Chapter 1 ◦ Introduction/Background (build argument for study) ◦ Statement of problem and purpose of study (includes research questions) Short section that really provides the cogent arguments for doing the study ◦ Significance of study ◦ Definitions ◦ Some people put an explicit section concerning the theoretical or conceptual framework in this chapter also. I have seen that also done in chapter 3. * Your chair rules Funnel: Start broad and narrow your focus to the problem. Just saying that no research exists on your problem is not a good enough reason to do a study. List practical and theoretical contributions your study could make. Be selective in your definitions. Remember, the definitions are how YOU define these terms in your study. Focus on literature relevant to buttressing argument for dissertation. CRITIQUE the literature in subareas—don’t just report (see Torocco’s integrated lit review). You should back to the lit review and update it when you finish your study. Sometimes committees want areas of literature added or deleted. Design of Study (assumptions of qual) ◦ Particular method of analysis (basic qual study, narrative analysis, phenomenology etc) Participant Selection (criteria for selecting participants) Data collection (interviews, observations, justify WHY you are doing what you are doing throughout) Data analysis Trustworthiness/Consistency (reliability/validity) Researcher Orientation/Bias I’ve seen theoretical or conceptual frameworks in this chapter * Your chair rules Write chapter in future tense for proposal. You MUST go back and change the chapter based on what really happened in the field before the final defense of your dissertation. Have strong rationales for why you are doing what you are doing and explicitly explain them. Anafara, V. A., & Mertz, N. T. (2006). Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers. Kilbourne, B. The qualitative dissertation proposal. Teachers College Record, 108, 529-576. McGregor, S. L., & Murname, J. A. (2010). Paradigm, methodology and method: Intellectual integrity in consumer scholarship. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 34 (4), 419-427. Toracco, R. J. (2005). Writing integrative literature reviews: Guidelines and examples. Human Resource Development Review, 4(3), 356-367.