| Introduction |
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| Part A: Getting Started |
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What Is Empirical Research? |
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Identifying Broad Problem Areas |
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Evaluating Broad Problem Areas |
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Identifying and Combining Variables |
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Identifying Treatment Variables |
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Considering Demographic Variables |
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Writing Purposes and Hypotheses |
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| Part B: A Closer Look at Problem Selection |
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Finding Ideas in the Literature |
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Considering a Body of Literature |
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| Part C: Selecting an Approach |
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Causal Comparative Research |
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| Part D: Organizing and Evaluating Literature |
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Organizing Literature by Topics |
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Evaluating Research Literature |
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Considering the History of a Topic |
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| Part E: Writing the Introduction and Literature Review |
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An Integrated Introduction and Literature Review |
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Writing the First Paragraph(s) |
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Being Selective and Critical |
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| Part F: Proposing a Sample |
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Sampling in Qualitative Research |
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Other Methods of Sampling: I |
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Other Methods of Sampling: II |
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| Part G: Proposing Instrumentation |
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Qualitative Instrumentation |
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Proposing Published Instruments |
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Proposing New Instruments |
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Proposing to Measure Demographics |
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Ethical Issues in Measurement |
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| Part H: Proposing Procedures |
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Nonexperimental Procedures |
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Procedures in Experiments |
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Ethical Issues and Procedures |
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| Part I: Proposing Methods of Analysis |
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Relationships: Equal Interval |
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| Part J: Concluding Tasks |
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Writing a Discussion Section |
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Giving the Proposal a Title |
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| Part K: Sample Research Proposals for Discussion |
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Sample Proposal 1: A Survey |
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Sample Proposal 2: An Experiment |
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| Table 1: Table of Recommended Sample Sizes |
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| Appendix A: Locating Literature Electronically |
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