Assignment: Developing an Annotated Bibliography

Preparing for the Literature Review: Developing an Annotated Bibliography (Continued)

In Week 4, you developed an annotated bibliography citing literature that supports your dissertation topic. This week, you will add to that annotated bibliography by including research articles that use a similar theoretical foundation and data collection methods to what you are proposing for your study. To prepare for this Assignment, find a minimum of two peer-reviewed articles that use a similar theoretical foundation to what you plan to use, and two peer-reviewed articles that use the same type of data collection and/or data analysis methods that you plan to use in your dissertation.

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The Assignment (2 pages):

· Submit annotated citations for the four new articles you have identified for your bibliography.

· Include a brief summary of how each of these articles informs what you hope to accomplish.

Note: For ideas on how others have handled the Literature Review and Annotated Bibliography, you might find it useful to browse through the dissertations in the Walden Library and see how others have approached these sections.

READINGS

· Creswell, J. W. (2009).Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methodsapproaches (Laureate Education, custom ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

o Review: Chapter 8, “Quantitative Methods” (pp. 155–182)

o Review: Chapter 9, “Qualitative Procedures” (pp. 183–213)

o Review: Chapter 10, “Mixed Method Procedures” (pp. 215–240)

· Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015).Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process(4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

o Chapter 11, “How to Complete Your Dissertation Using Online Data Access and Collection” (pp. 281–301)

· Humphrey, R., & Simpson, B. (2012). Writes of passage: Writing up qualitative data as a threshold concept in doctoral research.Teaching in Higher Education, 17(6), 735–746.
Retrieved from the Walden Library databases.

· Trochim, W. M. K. (2006).Research methods knowledge base(2nd ed.). Retrieved fromhttp://www.socialresearchmethods.net/kb/index.php

Note:Click on the “Analysis” tab on this website’s navigation menu to learn more about different types of data analyses.

· Walden University. (n.d.-d). Dissertations. Retrieved December 18, 2014, fromhttp://library.waldenu.edu/784.htm

· Walden University. (n.d.-l). Research resources: Research resources.Retrieved December 18, 2014, fromhttp://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/orqm/researchresources

Optional Resources

· Rudestam, K. E., & Newton, R. R. (2015).Surviving your dissertation: A comprehensive guide to content and process(4th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

o Chapter 3, “Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches” (pp. 27–65)