Let’s conceptualize the role of the mentor in a research context.
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Online Survey Software Tools
Online Survey Software Tools Online survey software tools such as Survey Monkey® and Qualtrics® enable you to present your survey online for your respondents. This approach has a number of advantages to both researchers and participants. First, once you create your survey online, it can be sent to anyone, anywhere, with a survey link the […]
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Continue ReadingMore on Power, Sample Size, and Power Calculations
More on Power, Sample Size, and Power Calculations Of the variables that affect power, you can see that sample size gives you the most flexibility, as people are not in the habit of changing either the alpha level of .05, nor can you switch from a two-tailed to a one-tailed test (the use of a […]
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Continue ReadingThe Habit of Writing
Establish the discipline or habit of writing in a regular and continuous way on your proposal. Although setting aside a completed draft of the proposal for a time may provide some perspective to review your work before final polishing. A start-and-stop process of writing often disrupts the flow of work. It may turn a well-meaning […]
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Building a Social Network in the Field
Practical Considerations to Facilitate Data Collection Perhaps no other dimension of qualitative research work is associated with ambiguity, uncertainty, confusion, and complexity more than fieldwork. One way to regulate these issues—to support more predictable experiences in the course of a study—is to strengthen relationships associated with events in the field. On one side, faculty and […]
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Continue ReadingCriteria for Selecting a Research Approach
Given the possibility of qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods approaches, what factors affect a choice of one approach over another for the design of a proposal? Added to worldview, design, and methods would be the research problem, the personal experiences of the researcher, and the audience(s) for whom the report will be written. The Research […]
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