1. Inquiry Process Types of Methods INFORMATION GATHERED FROM:
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Pages 74-75
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Page 13
-Adapted from: “Choosing your Research Method in a Nutshell” (Rice & Simon, 2010)

2. Today’s Objectives: Discuss to understand specific inquiry processes
Discuss to understand how those processes work in your research discipline

3. Inquiry Processes:
A quick review
These are different lenses in which you may approach your research method building.
INFORMATION GATHERED FROM:
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Pages 74-75
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Page 13
-Adapted from: “Choosing your Research Method in a Nutshell” (Rice & Simon, 2010)

4. Case Study Research
Observation of a specific group to determine how and why a situation exists within that group

5. Causal-comparative research
Identify causal relationship among variables that can’t be controlled

6. Content Analysis
Analyze text and make inferences

7. Correlational Analysis
Collect data and determine level of correlation between variables

8. Descriptive Research
Study of “as is” phenomena

9. Ethnographic
Observation of a specific cultural group to identify patterns and trends

10. Experimental Research
Study the effect of manipulating a variable or variables

11. Grounded Theory
Produce a theory that explains a process based on observation

12. Hermeneutic Research
Study the meaning of subjects/texts by concentrating on the historical meaning of the experience and its developmental and cumulative effects on the individual and society

13. Historical Research
Historical data collection and analysis of person or organization

14. Meta-Analysis Research
Seek patterns in data collected by many existing studies and formulate principles

15. Narrative Research
Study of single person’s experiences

16. Phenomenology
Make sense of lived experiences of participants regarding a specified phenomena

17. Quasi-Experimental
Manipulations of variables in populations without benefit of random assignment or control group

18. True Experimental Research
Structured research with isolated variables and controls

19. INFORMATION GATHERED FROM:
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Pages 74-75
College Board, 2015 AP Research Workshop Handbook and Resources, Page 13
-Adapted from: “Choosing your Research Method in a Nutshell” (Rice & Simon, 2010)

20. Today’s Objectives: Did we...
Research to understand specific inquiry processes
Discuss to understand how those processes work in your research discipline

21. Instructions: In your Discipline Cadre...
Divide up the 15 inquiry processes on the chart.
Research the processes individually, completing both charts as you research.
As a group: select the top five that you think would be critical for your discipline
Be prepared to share with the class.
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POTENTIAL ASSIGNMENT…
Charts: Student resource
Side 1: Inquiry Processes and Description
Side 2: Inquiry Processes and details regarding approach, design, and method (Workshop Handbook, page 75)