University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USAFirst Brazilian International Conference on Qualitative ResearchMarch 2004
Guidelines for the Evaluationof Dissertation Research
A Workshop
Jane F. GilgunUniversity of Minnesota, Twin Cities USArevised March 2005Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW, is professor, School of Social Work,University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, 1404 Gortner Avenue, St. Paul,MN, 55108. USA. e-mail: jgilgun@umn.edu; See Professor Gilgun’s books, articles, children’s stories, and videos on Amazon Kindle,scribd.com/professorjane, stores.lulu.com/jgilgun, andyoutube.com/jgilgun.
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The first part of this document is an outline. The second is adiscussion, and the third is an outline of the expectations of the SmithCollege School of Social Work.
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University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesSchool of Social Work Jane F. Gilgun, Ph.D., LICSW jgilgun@umn.eduApril 1, 2007Some Guidelines for the Design of Qualitative Researchwith Emphasis on Dissertation Research(Draft—Subject to Revision)
The following are guidelines for the design of qualitative research. Be sure to study thisoutline carefully and read the dissertations that others have written. A strategy for writingdissertations is to check to make sure that the key concepts of the proposed research arerepresented in every section of the dissertation. If you address the key concepts in every section,then you will have a unified and coherent piece of work. You can use this outline to writedissertation proposals. In proposals, you explain what you will do. In dissertations, you explainwhat you have done.
Recommended Preliminary Work
Writing out assumptions before collecting datayour own assumptions, values, and experiences that are relevant to your topicthoughts about how participants may experience as being part of your sampleDeciding on whether to use hypotheses and sensitizing conceptsDevelopment of preliminary codesInformational InterviewsPreliminary research
Content of Dissertations
Always provide an introductory overview of each of the major sectionsThe introduction to the entire dissertation includes brief statements abouttopic to be studiedconceptual framework/theory to be applied to the topic to be studiedsamplemethodsignificance/implicationsThe introduction to each section typically begins with a topic sentence and mentions thetopics to be covered.The introduction to the findings section typically summarizes the main findings.These general statements make sense only after you have read well-done dissertationsand well-done research reports.
Conceptual Framework
Introductory overview of the proposed research containing the topics mentionedearlier Literature reviewAn analysis of existing knowledge that relates to the topic—includes
Gilgun dissertation workshopPage 3 of 30research and theory always and when relevant policy, program,and practice principlesReflexivity statement (negotiable with committee and depends uponmethodology)can build on preliminary work of writing out assumptionsa statement of personal and professional values and experiences relevantto the projectPrécis: a summing up, a summary of what went before and a looking forward toresearch questions/hypotheses/purposes of research. A précis iscomposed of
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summary of cited research, theory, etc; this means a critical synthesisof what is known and not known about the topic
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summary of professional and personal experience
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statement of significance of proposed project
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statement about the approach (methods and methodologies) proposalwill useResearch questions/hypothesesstatement of the questions/hypothesesdefinitions of key concepts that compose the questions/hypotheses in your own words but whose bases are well documented in the literaturereviewdiagrams of the relationships among concepts if this is a project whose purpose is to modify an initial conceptual framework
Overview of Methods SectionMethodsMethodology
statement and discussion about the general principles and ideasmethodological principles that you will be following such as feminist,emancipatory, phenomenological, theory-building, critical race theory,descriptive, narrative, life history, portraiture.
The Design
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Introductory statement
Sometimes a discussion of the relevance of themethodology is here
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Sampling and recruitment
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Interview plan
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number of interviews
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length of interviews
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who will be interviewed
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who will conduct the interviews and qualifications
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reflections on how respondents may receive the project
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procedures to follow to ensure that respondents
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will not be harmed by the interview
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will have free choice about answering or not answeringquestions
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Guidelines for Evaluating Dissertations Based on Qualitative Methods
Dissertations based on qualitative research methods have indicators of excellence that many researchers do not appreciate because they have been trained in other methods. This documents provides guidelines for understanding and evaluating qualities associated with good qualitative research.
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