v|at|sa||tev|ew` An lnLroducLory poruon of your Lhesls, Lhe llLeraLure revlew serves Lo examlne Lhe concepLs LhaL have been prevlously addressed ln Lhe academlc llLeraLure regardlng a speclc Loplc. hup://www.wrlung.uLoronLo.ca/advlce/speclc-Lypes-of-wrlung/llLeraLure-revlew Wlersma, W. (1993). 8esearch meLhods ln educauon: An lnLroducuon (SlxLh edluon). 8osLon: Allyn and 8acon. 1|eL|ementsoalooosa| !"#$ &$'($) *+ ,#$ -(,$&.,/&$ 0&*'(1$2 ,#$ 3.456&*/71 .71 4*7,$8, +*& ,#$ &$2$.&4# 0&*3-$9: ;, 2#*/-1 $2,.3-(2# ,#$ 7$$1 +*& ,#$ &$2$.&4# .71 (71(4.,$ ,#., ,#$ )&(,$& (2 57*)-$16$.3-$ .3*/, ,#$ .&$.< =>($&29.? @AAB? 0: CDEF: 8ead Lhe '8evlew of Lhe LlLeraLure' ln LlemenLs of a roposal", whlch can be found ln Lhe Addluonal 8esources secuon of Lhe LMS. Met|oosanoloceoues Slnce Lhe meLhods secuon of a research reporL ls cenLral Lo Lhe sLudy lLself, lL should be wrluen wlLh a greaL deal of auenuon Lo deLall. 1he overall dlrecuon of Lhe meLhods secuon should be ln accord Lo Lhe Lheoreucal framework buL 9/2, 3$ 4*72(2,$7, )(,# ,#$ 4*7,$8, *+ ,#$ 2,/1G. lrom 1he LlemenLs of A roposal: lndlcaLe Lhe meLhodologlcal sLeps you wlll Lake Lo answer every quesuon or Lo LesL every hypoLhesls lllusLraLed ln Lhe Cuesuons/PypoLheses secuon. All research ls plagued by Lhe presence of confoundlng varlables (Lhe nolse LhaL covers up Lhe lnformauon you would llke Lo have). Confoundlng varlables should be mlnlmlzed by varlous klnds of conLrols or be esumaLed and Laken lnLo accounL by randomlzauon processes (Cuba, 1961). ln Lhe deslgn secuon, lndlcaLe: 1. Lhe varlables you propose Lo conLrol and how you propose Lo conLrol Lhem, experlmenLally or sLausucally, and 2. Lhe varlables you propose Lo randomlze, and Lhe naLure of Lhe randomlzlng unlL (sLudenLs, grades, schools, eLc.)." LlemenLs of a roposal, p.3. va|ab|es 1he followlng ls slmpllsuc buL Lhe focus of Lhe concepL ls approprlaLe. ln accordance wlLh your hypoLhesls: 1. ldenufy an lndependenL varlable LhaL wlll be dellberaLely modled ln very speclc ways, 2. ldenufy a dependenL varlable LhaL wlll change lLs value ln some way as a consequence (correlauonally, probably noL necessarlly causally) of Lhe changes ln Lhe lndependenL varlable, 3. conLrol all oLher varlables ln some way. uanntanve,ua||tanveanoM|xeo Met|oos CuanuLauve MeLhodologles -collecuon and analysls of quanuLauve (numerlcal) daLa, usually employlng sLausucs CuallLauve MeLhodologles -collecuon and analysls of quallLauve (non-numerlcal) daLa, usually employlng descrlpuve daLa Mlxed MeLhodologles -comblned quanuLauve and quallLauve meLhodologles lease see hup://www.souLhalabama.edu/coe/bseL/[ohnson/dr_[ohnson/lecLures/lec2.pdf Met|oos8esouces See Lhe Addluonal 8esources secuon of Lhe LMS: Corbln & SLrauss: 8aslcs of CuallLauve 8esearch uvlc Pumanlues CompuLer and Medla CenLre - ro[ecL lannlng and ManagemenL ro[ecL Croups [Ml1 uwaLerloo Senlor 8esearch ro[ecLs Massey unlverslLy - 8esearch roposal SLrucLure 8oyal 8oads unlverslLy 8esearch Pandbook 2011 uCl1 MLd 8esearch 8eporL ManuscrlpL Cvervlew