Study Questions
Conceptual Frameworks
PoliticalScience
5335
Problems in Research Methodology
Texas State University
Patricia M. Shields
For the
Hendrickson manuscript (found
in the course packet)
1.
What was(were) the research purpose(s)? Justify.(Hint: Exploratory,
Descriptive...)
2.
What were the meta conceptual/theoretical frameworksused.
Were they well developed? Why? Why not?
3.
What kind(s) of conceptual framework(s) was(were)used?
4. If
the conceptual framework was exploratory,what were
the working hypotheses/propositions? Specify.
5.
Pick a single hypothesis/proposition. Whatevidence
was used to test the hypothesis/proposition? Did the evidencesupport
the hypothesis/proposition? Explain.
6.
If the conceptual framework was descriptive,what were
the categories used? Specify.
For
the
1.
What was(were) the research purpose(s)? Justify.(Hint: Exploratory,
Descriptive...)
2.
What were the meta conceptual/theoretical frameworksused.
Were they well developed? Why? Why not?
3.
What kind(s) of conceptual framework(s) was(were)used?
4. If
the conceptual framework was explanatory,what were
the formal hypotheses?
5.
Discuss the connection between the meta frameworkand
the hypotheses.
6.
Identify key concept in one hypothesis (wasit well
articulated? why/why not?)
7.
How are the concepts related?
8.
Identify the dependent variable(s). Identifythe
independent variable(s). How are the variables measured?
9.
What statistics were used? Howwas the
hypothesis tested statistically?
10.
Did the evidence support the hypothesis? Be detailed in your answer.
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