In this Assignment, you will read the Crawford (2016) section on conceptual and theoretical frameworks in your Learning Resources. Review the document titled “Purpose and Frameworks in Research,” found in the Learning Resources. For each of the research purposes presented, select the framework that you believe is the appropriate selection for that research purpose.
Then, review the media located in the Learning Resources.Submit the following:
Using the Alignment Tool (AT) Excel document that you have developed in Modules 2 and 3, read the eight purpose statements that you have in column F. Indicate whether that purpose statement should use a Conceptual or Theoretical Framework in column H.
Select one of the purpose statements and shift the purpose so that the opposite framework is appropriate. Record the alternate framework in Column I on the Alignment Tool and a new purpose statement in Column J. Only one new purpose statement is required.
Crawford, L. (2016). Conceptual and theoretical frameworks in research. In G. J. Burkholder, K. A. Cox, & L. M. Crawford (Eds.), The scholar-practitioner’s guide to research design. Baltimore, MD: Laureate Publishing, Inc.
Note: You should have this book available from a previous course. It is an electronic text from the first research course (Research Theory).
Dawidowicz, P. (2016). Distinguishing between problem and purpose in a dissertation Download Distinguishing between problem and purpose in a dissertation. Baltimore, MD: Author.
Document: Frameworks Table (Word document) Download Frameworks Table (Word document)Frameworks Table
Document: Purpose and Frameworks in Research (Word document) Download Purpose and Frameworks in Research (Word document)Purpose and Frameworks in Research
Required Media