specifying purpose statement and research questions

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Readers

Expectation

Qualitative

Quantitative


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It

begins with the phrase The purpose of

this study is ....


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Quantitative

Do ... Affect ...?

Qualitative

What types of ... Do

parents have ...?

Example


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Research Question

Narrows the purpose statement to specific

questions

Was develop before identifying the method of

the study

May consist of multiple-questions


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Hypotheses

Predictions about the outcome of a

relationship among variables

narrows the purpose statements tospecific

predictions


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Students in high schools in the school district

in which parents and teachers communicate

through the Internet will have higher grades

than students whose parents and teachers do

not communicate through the Internet.


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is a statement of intent used in quantitative research that

specifies goals that the investigator plans to achieve in a

study.


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Emerging process

Qualitative is emerging design Participants may set the study direction

The researcher learns the participants view

Initial questions shape them (initial data

collection) change them

Revisions may continue throughout both data

collection and analysis in a qualitative project


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WRITING QUALITATIVE PURPOSE

STATEMENT AND RESEARCH QUESTION


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Guidelines

Use key identifier words to signal the reader

Consider mentioning that the study is qualitative

Become familiar with qualitative research designs, and

indicate the type of research design you plan State the central phenomenon you plan to explore

Use words that convey intent about the exploration,such as explore, discover, understand, and describe.

Mention the participants in the study Refer to the research site where you will study the

participants.


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Central Question

The most general you can ask

Aim: Open up the research for participants to

provide their prespective

Not to narrow the study to your prespective


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Guidelines

Begin with the word how or what rather thanwhy so that you do not suggest probablecause-and-effect relationships as in

quantitative research but instead suggestexploration in qualitative research.

Specify the central phenomenon you plan toexplore.

Identify the participants in the study.

Mention the research site for the study.


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Problem in writing central question


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Subquestion

Open-ended

Emerging

Neutral in language

Few in number

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