2. Formulating a research problem and purpose
Observation of real world situations
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Identify research topics
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Generate questions
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(gaps, ambivalence, inconsistency…)
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Review of literature↔ Research problem↔ input from others
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Research purpose
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Objective, questions, or hypotheses
3. Selection of Research Topic Consider
• Research interests
• Research breadth
• Research measurement
• Specialization
• Relevance to your field
• Data validity
• Ethics of the study
4. Interesting, Innovation, Practical
「Interesting」: Getting attention (Davis, 1971).
找到有趣主題的方法,在進行研究之前,先找出大家原本看問
題或現象的注意力在哪裡,研究者的挑戰是,如何設定一項研
究主題來引起新的注意(或喚起大家對某一面向重新的注意)。
有趣的研究或論證可能在某些面向上改變大家的認知,一個無
趣的研究或論證,在每一個面向上都只是再度確認大家原有的
認知 (Davis, 1971)
Innovation: able to create especially new and original things.
Practical: fitting the needs of a particular situation in a helpful way;
helping to solve a problem or difficulty; effective or suitable
Davis, M.S. (1971). That's Interesting!: Towards a Phenomenology of Sociology and a
Sociology of Phenomenology. Phil. Soc. Sci., 1(2), 309-344.
5. Purposes of a Literature Review
• A description of the current knowledge of a practice problem
• Identification of the gaps in this knowledge base
• The contribution of the present study to the buildings of
knowledge in this area
6. Primary and Secondary Sources
• Primary source: is the description of an investigation written
by the person who conducted it
• Secondary source: is a description of a study or studies
prepared by someone other than the original researcher
7. Tasks of a Literature Review
• Locate relevant literature for a research review
• Screen references for relevancy and appropriateness
• The number of references should not exceed 40 citations for original articles and 50 citations for meta-analysis articles.
• update the reference (at least half of references to articles dated within the last five years, and at least five references dated within the last
three years (2021-2023)
• No more than three references should be used to support a single idea.
• Read relevant references
• Organize references
• Analyze, integrate, & critique
• Write the literature review
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10. Theory
A theory is more narrow and specific than a
conceptual model and is directly testable.
A theory consists of an integrated set of define
concepts, existence statement, and relational
statement that can be used to describe, explain, predict,
or control that phenomenon.
Involve a series of propositions regarding the
interrelationships among concepts, from which a large
number of empirical observations can be deduced
11. Purposes of Theories
• Serve as a guide to systematically identifying a logical, precisely
defined relationship between variables
• Providing clear descriptions of variables, suggesting ways or
methods to conduct the study
• Guiding the interpretation of study findings
16. Conceptual Models
• Conceptual models provide a perspective regarding
interrelated phenomena, but are more loosely structured than
theories
• Lack of the deductive system of propositions that assert a
relationship between the concepts
17. Frameworks for Research
• A framework is an abstract, logical structure of meaning. It guides the
development of the study and enables you to link the findings to the body of
knowledge used in nursing.
• A framework is the overall conceptual underpinnings of a study
• Not every study is based on a theory or conceptual model, but every study
has a framework
• In a study based on a theory, the framework is referred to as the theoretical
framework; in a study that has its roots in a specified conceptual model, the
framework is often called the conceptual framework (although the terms
conceptual framework and theoretical framework are frequently used
interchangeably)
26. mediation analyses to explain relationships.
moderation analyses to understand what variables affect the
strength and direction of a relationship.
性別能夠影響工作經驗和薪資間的關係
27. Conclusion
• Researchers use theories to organize what is known about a
phenomenon
• A framework is a brief explanation of a theory or those portions of a
theory to be tested in a study
• The framework must identify and define the concepts and the
relational statements being tested
• Critiquing a framework requires the identification and evaluation of
the concepts, their definitions, and the statements linking the concepts