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Theoretical Framework

Theoretical Framework. Research basis. Theoretical Framework. What is the central concept(s) integral to the study? (look within and outside LIS) Connecting the study to theory: basic research. Good Theory.

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Theoretical Framework

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  1. Theoretical Framework Research basis

  2. Theoretical Framework • What is the central concept(s) integral to the study? (look within and outside LIS) • Connecting the study to theory: basic research

  3. Good Theory • Advances knowledge in a discipline, guides, research, enlightens the discipline, helps the discipline mature and gain validation • Enables us to rise above the seemingly random confusion of everyday life to see patterns and to understand principles on which to base purposeful, productive action • Provides an important context

  4. Theory vs. Practice • We cannot do without theory. It will always defeat practice in the end for a quite simple reason. Practice is static. It does well what it knows. It has, however, no principle for dealing with what it doesn’t know … Practice is not well adapted for rapid adjustments to a changing environment. Theory is light footed, it can adapt itself to changed circumstances, think out fresh

  5. Out fresh combinations and possibilities, peer into the future. Theory provides a clear framework, administrative practice reduces to a series of meaningless acts, without purpose of direction. • Source: Charles H. Granger, Harvard Business Review 42 (May-June 1964), p. 64.

  6. Theory • Provides patterns for the interpretation of data • Links one study to another • Supplies frameworks within which concepts and variables acquire special significance • Allows us to interpret the larger meaning of our findings for ourselves and others • Source: The elements of social scientific thinking, p. 40

  7. Information needs information-seeking behavior Effectiveness Teams/small groups Success Reference Transactions Standards RUSA, IL, Accreditation Expectations service quality Satisfaction Value See Measuring your library’s value, Donald S. Elliott et al (ALA, 2007) Examples

  8. Theoretical Framework Dalbello, M. (2009). Cultural dimensions of digital library development: Part II the cultural innovations of five European national libraries. Library Quarterly, 79(1). Culture = National Culture + Organizational Culture + Professional Culture + Heterogeneous Tool Kit Culture

  9. Logical Structure Who, what, when, where, how…

  10. Logical Structure • Explicitly addresses all the possible variables within a study • Identifies all of the important components • Is a menu of choices--no decisions are represented • The decisions = objectives

  11. Logical Structure (Components) • Addresses the questions of • What (problem statement) • Who • Where • When • How (methods)

  12. Logical Structure • Not always directly addressed within the published study, but must be addressed by the research during the planning stages. • Often possible to represent the logical structure through a diagram or model

  13. What • Identifies the problem under study • May help to brainstorm for contributing factors, causes and effects • May have to operationalize terms= i.e. success, efficiency, effectiveness, etc. • Some methods: • Flow Chart • Five Why’s • Fishbone Diagram

  14. Fishbone DiagramDr. Kaoru Ishikawa Materials People Policies Problem Statement Process Technology

  15. Who • The group under study • Identifies the population • Identifies the sample within the population • May have to justify choices

  16. When • The time frame of the study • Data collection • Literature review • Correcting for lapses • Sets deadlines • Creates context

  17. Where • Identify the environment • Sets parameters

  18. How • Methodologies • How will data be collected • What is appropriate?

  19. User/Use Study • Use • Students • Simmons College • When • How

  20. Use/Nonuse Study Where: one to many places How When: 1-many times Library Use NonUse Students Add Variables

  21. E-book Use Where When How User (Search) Behavior Undergraduates variables variables

  22. Objectives Indicate what was selected from the “menu” or logical structure

  23. To ____verb Object Components of Objectives

  24. Basic: to conceptualize • Applied: to test • Action: to describe

  25. To “describe” To “relate:” “compare” or “contrast” (relating applies to basic, applied, and action research) Objectives identify define distinguish determine Depict etc.

  26. Objectives • To identify the attributes (requirements, responsibilities, qualifications, and salaries/benefits) of music librarians • To determine the extent to which their responsibilities relate solely to music librarianship • To compare the attributes listed most frequently in job advertisements with those attributes leading to the actual hiring of individual • To compare the list of attributes identified in job advertisements by: geographical area, highest degree offered by the institution, institutional control (private vs. public)

  27. How much? How many? How economical? How prompt? How accurate? How responsive? How well? How valuable? How reliable? How courteous? How satisfied? --------------------------- Accountability and Effectiveness = How well? Evaluation Questions

  28. Others, as institution itself Customers Library

  29. Others, as institution itself Customers Library Examples: How much? Howmany? How well? How satisfied?

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