WEEK 2

READINGS

Creswell, Chapters 1-3

Deborah Tannen:  The power of talk: who gets heard and why. HBR 1995. (handout)

Grace Saltzstein: Female Mayors and Women in Municipal Jobs (Access through the University Library to on-line journals in JSTOR)

PROJECT ASSIGNMENT

Submit both a qualitative and quantitative statement of the problem.

EXERCISE - WEEK 2 [Click here to download copy of chart in Microsoft Word]

Question	Saltzstein Article	Tannen Article
What is the problem the author is trying to address?
What is the design of the research? e.g. pre-experimental, experimental, quasi experimental, grounded theory, case study, phenomenology, or ethnographic?
What is the author's approach? Inductive or deductive? On what basis did you form this conclusion?
What was the instrument of data collection used by the author? (Describe)
Which article do you find more persuasive and credible? Why? (select one)

 

Name:________________________________________________ Date: ____/____/____

Note: Do not be constrained by size of boxes. If need more space place answers on attached pages.