Linda's+Module+Four+tables

 Methodologies include grounded theory, case study, factor analysis, experimental, etc.  ||  **Strengths **  ||  **Limitations **  ||  **Authoritative Primary Source for This Methodology **  ||  **Why I Will or Will Not Use This Method **  ||  || Creditability Transferability Dependability Conformability || Participants are the only ones who can legitimately judge the credibility of the results  || Stanley and Campbell, 1963 Cooper, Heron, & Heyward, 1987 Neuman& McCormick,1995 William Trochim <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I will use this method because creditability and transferability are important for my audience of policymakers and curriculum writers. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Easily administered <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Manageable data aggregation <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Larger sample sizes are used to find patterns || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Surveys are not returned <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Difficult reliability and validity <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Businesses or employers may “watch” employees answers for positive outcomes. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Questions may not be understood as administered.. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Stanley and Campbell, 1963 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Cooper, Heron, & Heyward, 1987 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Neuman& McCormick,1995 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Newall, A., Shaw, J. C, & Simon, H. A. (1958). <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I will use existing data from surveys if possible to support my theory that technology careers require role models and opportunities for success in the work place. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Rich information || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Difficult to set-up <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Errors in design set-up occur easily || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Strauss and Corbin <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Michael Patton <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Creswell <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;"> <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Trochim || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt;">I may use this approach if I cannot substantiate emerging theoretical structures. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You may use the same methodology for each question, or not, depending on the questions you are asking. || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Sample ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">You may only have one sample for your study, or several different groups/individuals. || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Data Collection ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Data collection methods include interviews, questionnaires, focus groups, pre-post tests, etc. <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If there are multiple forms of data for one research question, list them all. || **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Statistical Analysis ** <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">If you are able to provide this, please do so. || <span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">Why are women less employed and underemployed in technology career positions in the United States? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Women in a technology field: <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Computer Science (CS) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Information Systems (IS) <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Information Technology (IT) || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">same  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  || <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt 226.9pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto; tab-stops: list .5in; text-indent: -0.25in;"> · <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;"> || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">same  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Research Methodology **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Correlational Analysis **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Survey **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Grounded Theory ** || <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 9pt; line-height: 115%;">Provides in-depth answers that allows for a broad beginning, then narrows to specific areas for the research to follow.
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Research Questions ** ||  **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Methodology **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">1. **
 * ^  ||^   || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">Women not in a technology field  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  || <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">  ||
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">2. **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';"> What can American employers do to entice women to enter computer science career paths? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">
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 * <span style="line-height: normal; margin: 0in 0in 10pt; mso-margin-bottom-alt: auto; mso-margin-top-alt: auto;">**<span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">3. **<span style="font-family: 'Georgia','serif';">What can social organizations do to influence female students to major in computer science, information systems, or informational technology? <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
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