1. © Dr. Lisa M. Baumgartner Associate Professor Texas A&M University 3 December 2014 G.R.A.B. Presentation

2.  Need committee approval to advance to data collection (also need IRB approval prior to data collection ).  Shows your ability to conceptualize a problem, create relevant research questions/hypotheses, propose a method of investigation (methodology) and discuss possible solutions.

3.  Problem (Kilbourn, 2006). ***READ THIS*** ◦ Action ◦ Source ◦ Primary Source ◦ Context  Theoretical Framework: This is the lens that you are looking through and may come from the literature you read (e.g. Mezirow’s transformative learning theory; Bandura’s social cognitive theory; etc).  Conceptual framework: Uses concepts from several theories to form lens through which data is interpreted.

4.  Research questions (qualitative): Emerge from the problem and are “smaller” than the purpose of the study.  Purpose: Explore how adults incorporate HIV/AIDS into their identities ◦ Questions: 1) What are the components of the identity incorporation process? 2) What is the nature of learning that occurs in the process?  Methodology: Principles that guide our research practices. (McGregor & Murname, 2010).  Method: Tools used to carry out research (e.g. surveys, interviews, tests) which are shaped by the methodology.

5.  Chapter 1 ◦ Introduction/Background (build argument for study) ◦ Statement of problem and purpose of study (includes research questions)  Short section that really provides the cogent arguments for doing the study ◦ Significance of study ◦ Definitions ◦ Some people put an explicit section concerning the theoretical or conceptual framework in this chapter also. I have seen that also done in chapter 3.  * Your chair rules

6.  Funnel: Start broad and narrow your focus to the problem.  Just saying that no research exists on your problem is not a good enough reason to do a study.  List practical and theoretical contributions your study could make.  Be selective in your definitions. Remember, the definitions are how YOU define these terms in your study.

7.  Focus on literature relevant to buttressing argument for dissertation.  CRITIQUE the literature in subareas—don’t just report (see Torocco’s integrated lit review).  You should back to the lit review and update it when you finish your study.  Sometimes committees want areas of literature added or deleted.

8.  Design of Study (assumptions of qual) ◦ Particular method of analysis (basic qual study, narrative analysis, phenomenology etc)  Participant Selection (criteria for selecting participants)  Data collection (interviews, observations, justify WHY you are doing what you are doing throughout)  Data analysis  Trustworthiness/Consistency (reliability/validity)  Researcher Orientation/Bias  I’ve seen theoretical or conceptual frameworks in this chapter  * Your chair rules

9.  Write chapter in future tense for proposal.  You MUST go back and change the chapter based on what really happened in the field before the final defense of your dissertation.  Have strong rationales for why you are doing what you are doing and explicitly explain them.

10. Anafara, V. A., & Mertz, N. T. (2006). Theoretical frameworks in qualitative research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishers. Kilbourne, B. The qualitative dissertation proposal. Teachers College Record, 108, 529-576. McGregor, S. L., & Murname, J. A. (2010). Paradigm, methodology and method: Intellectual integrity in consumer scholarship. International Journal of Consumer Studies, 34 (4), 419-427. Toracco, R. J. (2005). Writing integrative literature reviews: Guidelines and examples. Human Resource Development Review, 4(3), 356-367.