I. Introduction (Read Creswell, Chapter 1)
- Psychology and the challenge of meaning and context
- Science as an enterprise and community
- Theory: description and explanation
- False opposition of qualitative and quantitative methods
- Multi-method research: Triangulation
II. Historical and Philosophy of Science Foundations
- Normal science concepts, the law of large numbers
- Measurement, probability, the method of difference, control, variables/characters
- Laws, theories, propositions, concepts, induction-deduction, causality, explanation
III. Research Design (Creswell, 2) / The majory research strategies (Creswell, 3 & 4)
- Life History
- Phenomenology
- Grounded Theory
- Ethnography
- Case Study
IV. Conceptual and practical underpinnings (Creswell, 5)
V. Going into the field (Creswell, 6)
- Rapport
- Diplomacy
- Threat
- The interview
- Participant observation
VI. Data Collection (the easier part) (Creswell, 7)
- Notes and tapes
- Documents: Personal and Official
- Imaging-still, video, digital
- Sound
- Computer assistance
VII. Data Analysis (the harder part) (Creswell, 8)
- Utilization strategies
- Follow through
- Communication and giving voice
- Advocacy
- Theory and theorizing
VIII. Writing and reporting (audience) (Creswell, 9)
- Evaluation Research
- Policy Research
- Action Research
- Heuristic Research
- Applied and Academic Research
IX. Reliability and validity (Creswell, 10)
X. Conclusion & consolidation (Creswell, 11)
- Theory, Research, and Professional Practice