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Preface
Licensing Info
Book Reviews
Acknowledgements
Guide to the Manual
1. The First Research Question is About You
2. A Note on Reflexivity and Positionality
3. Relational Accountability
4. Finding the Right Question
5. Evaluating the Question
6. Summary
7. Worksheet - Surveying the Universe of Potential Topics
8. Introduction: the Question
9. Components of a Research Proposal
10. Writing Abstracts
11. The Body of the Research Proposal
12. Timeline
13. Summary
14. Worksheet - Writing the Proposal
15. Additional Resources
16. Introduction: Reviewing Your Ethics
17. Do You Need Institutional Ethics Approval?
18. Getting Approval
19. Walkthrough of Each Step
20. Summary
21. Introduction: What is self-care?
22. Time Management
23. Rituals and Self-Care When Writing
24. Mindfulness
25. Working With a Supervisor
26. Peer Support
27. Imposter Syndrome
28. Summary
29. Additional Resources
30. Introduction: Effective Academic Writing
31. The Basics
32. Many Genres, Many Masters
33. Eight More Tips For Every Analysis
34. Summary
35. Additional Resources
36. Introduction: Literature Reviews –Daunting but Clarifying
37. Demystifying the Literature Review
38. Conducting the Review
39. Assuring Proper Citation and Writing the Review
40. Summary
41. Worksheet - The Literature Review
42. Additional Resources
43. Introduction: Why Methods?
44. Drafting the Methods Section
45. Summary
46. Worksheet - Writing the Methods Section
47. Introduction
48. Enhancing Data Quality and Overcoming Bad Data
49. Sampling
50. Collecting Primary Data
51. Collecting Secondary Data
52. Systematic Literature Reviews, Essays, and Theoretical Theses
53. Data Organization
54. Summary
55. Worksheet - Resolving Data Doubts
56. Additional Resources
57. Introduction: Learning to Swim in the Data
58. Transcribing and Coding
59. Other Strategies of Qualitative Data Analysis
60. Presenting Your Findings
61. Mapping Data: It's All 'Storylining'
62. Summary
63. Worksheet - Qualitative Data Analysis
64. Additional Resources
65. Getting Started: Cleaning Data and Establishing Procedures
66. Secondary Data Analysis
67. Types of Quantitative Data Analysis and Presentation Format
68. Descriptive Statistics
69. Inferential Statistics
70. Analysis of Variance (ANOVA)
71. Student Testimonial: Data Visualizations with R
72. Correlations
73. Regressions
74. Drawing Conclusions From Your Data
75. Summary
76. Additional Resources
77. Introduction: Data Analyzed, What Now?
78. The Contents of the Discussion
79. Writing Your Conclusions
80. Summary
81. Worksheet - Discussing and Concluding
82. Additional Resources
83. Introduction: Speech!
84. Types of Conference Presentations
85. Applying to Conferences
86. Oral Presentations
87. Poster Presentations
88. Question Period
89. Summary
90. Additional Resources
91. Introduction: Contemplating Publication
92. Understanding Peer-Review
93. Where to Submit?
94. Assessing the Journal and Improving Publication Success
95. Further Considerations for Journal Submission: Open Access, Cover Letters, and Predatory Journals
96. Some Tips for Good Writing Revisited
97. Receiving and Dealing with Decisions
98. Summary
99. Additional Resources
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Versioning History
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