step-by-step tutorial of the conceptual framework

1. Conceptual framework

2. Theoretical
Framework
What is the central concept(s)
integral to the study? (look
within and outside LIS)
Connecting the study to theory:
basic research

3. Theory
Provides patterns for the interpretation of
data
Links one study to another
Supplies frameworks within which concepts
and variables acquire special significance
Allows us to interpret the larger meaning of
our findings for ourselves and others
• Source: The elements of social scientific thinking, p.
40

4. Logical
Structure
Explicitly addresses all the
possible variables within a study
Identifies all of the important
components
Is a menu of choices--no
decisions are represented
The decisions = objectives

5. Part one

6. A conceptual
framework:
synthesis of
literature on
how to explain
a phenomenon
Your phenomena: your pillar
Task one: explain
competitiveness in 2 sentences
Task two: explain your pillar in
2 sentences

7. Part two

8. Logical Structure (Components)
• Addresses the questions of
• What (problem statement)
• Who
• Where
• When
• How (methods)

9. Task two:
What
Identify the problem under
study
Brainstorm for contributing
factors, causes and effects
May have to operationalize
terms= i.e. success, efficiency,
effectiveness, etc.

10. Test three:
Who
The group under study
Identifies the population
Identifies the sample within the
population
May have to justify choices

11. Task four:
When
• Data collection
• Literature review
• Correcting for lapses
The time frame of the study
Sets deadlines
Creates context

12. Task
five:Where
Identify the
environment
Sets parameters

13. Task six: How
Methodologies
How will data be
collected
What is appropriate?

14. Task seven: Combine
Combine these into two paragraphs

15. Literature
review
• Use the following sources
• Bibliography in the back of the globalization
book
• Bibliography from global competitiveness
report
• https://tinyurl.com/TFPoly20192

16. Literature
review
1. Search keywords for your area
2. Look up source and Eureka
3. Read abstract
4. Make one sentence summary
5. ICI
6. Do this for three