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RESEARCH OUTLINE

RESEARCH OUTLINE. How Do I Get an Idea? Why Should I Review the Literature? How Do I Formulate a Hypothesis? How Do I Decide on the Method? What’s Important About Collecting Data? How Do I Analyze the Results? How Do I Interpret the Results? Do I Need to Do the Steps in Order?.

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RESEARCH OUTLINE

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  1. RESEARCH OUTLINE • How Do I Get an Idea? • Why Should I Review the Literature? • How Do I Formulate a Hypothesis? • How Do I Decide on the Method? • What’s Important About Collecting Data? • How Do I Analyze the Results? • How Do I Interpret the Results? • Do I Need to Do the Steps in Order?

  2. How Do I Get an Idea? • Start with a topic you find interesting. • An idea that springs from the literature is more likely to add to the literature. • Don’t try to do everything with one study.

  3. Why Should I Review the Literature? • Relevant theories and constructs • Research methods and instruments • Previous findings • Gaps or inconsistencies in the literature

  4. How Do I Formulate a Hypothesis? • Variables must have operational definitions. • Decide on a population of interest. • Must be scientific: falsifiable, precise, rational, parsimonious. • It’s okay to be wrong.

  5. How Do I Decide on the Method? • Choose the method based on the hypothesis. • Select a sample. • Develop a research protocol. • Locate resources. • Obtain IRB approval.

  6. What’s Important About Collecting Data? • Be organized and professional. • Follow the research protocol. • Do a pilot study if possible.

  7. How Do I Analyze the Results? • Descriptive statistics - organize and summarize scores • Inferential statistics - generalize from sample to population

  8. How Do I Interpret the Results? • Evaluate the hypothesis. • Be cautious and conservative. • Context of justification vs. context of discovery

  9. Do I Need to Do the Steps in Order? • “Begin at the beginning, and go on till you come to the end: then stop.” • Don’t get ahead of yourself. • Go back and forth as needed.

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