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Informationen zum Autor Dr. Sue L. T. McGregor (Professor Emerita) is a Canadian home economist (more than 45 years) recently retired from Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax Nova Scotia. She was one of the lead architects for the interuniversity doctoral program in educational studies, serving as its inaugural Coordinator. She has a keen interest in home economics philosophy, transdisciplinarity, and consumer studies. She is a TheAtlas Fellow (transdisciplinarity), a Docent in Home Economics at the University of Helsinki, the Marjorie M. Brown Distinguished Professor (home economics leadership), the Karpatkin International Consumer Fellow, and she received the TOPACE International Award (Berlin) for distinguished international consumer scholar. Affiliated with 20 professional journals, she has 160 peer-reviewed publications, 60 book chapters, 10 monographs, and four books. She has delivered 27 keynotes and invited talks in 12 countries. Dr. McGregor is Principal Consultant for The McGregor Consulting Group (1991) http://www.consultmcgregor.com , sue.mcgregor@msvu.ca Klappentext Understanding and Evaluating Research: A Critical Guide shows students how to be critical consumers of research and to appreciate the power of methodology as it shapes the research question, the use of theory in the study, the methods used, and how the outcomes are reported. Inhaltsverzeichnis PART I ¿ INTRODUCTION Chapter 1 ¿ Critical Research Literacy Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions PART II ¿ PHILOSOPHICAL AND THEORETICAL ASPECTS OF RESEARCH Chapter 2 ¿ Research Methodologies Empirical, Interpretive, and Critical Methodologies Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Methods Methodologies Research Methodology and Research Question Alignment Writing the Research Methodology Section of a Paper Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions Chapter 3 ¿ Conceptual Frameworks, Theories, and Models Introduction Role of Theory in Research Inquiries Concepts and Constructs Conceptual Frameworks Theories Writing the Theoretical or Conceptual Framework Section of a Paper Models Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions PART III ¿ ORIENTING AND SUPPORTIVE ELEMENTS OF RESEARCH Chapter 4 ¿ Orienting and Supportive Elements of a Journal Article Introduction Authors¿ Names, Credentials, and Affiliations Article Title Abstracts Keywords References Footnotes and Endnotes Appendices Acknowledgements Biographies Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions Chapter 5 ¿ Peer-Reviewed Journals Introduction Journal Editor, Editorial Boards, and Facilitating Editors Peer Review Process Acceptance Rates Journal Impact Factors Journal Title Journal Volume, Issue, and Pagination Year of Publication and Article Placement in Issue Special Topic and Themed Issues Electronic Journals Open Access Journals Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions PART IV ¿ RESEARCH JUSTIFICATIONS, AUGMENTATION, AND RATIONALES Chapter 6 ¿ Introduction and Research Questions Introduction Etymological Roots Opening Sentences and Opening Points in an Introduction Six Approaches to Writing Introductions Delimitations Chapter Summary Review and Discussion Questions Chapter 7 ¿ Literature Review Introduction Etym...
