FRAMEWORKS

FRAMEWORKS

1. THEORETICAL

   • The structure and support for the rationale for the study, the problem statement, the purpose, the significance, and the research questions.
   • Derived from an existing theory (or theories) in the literature that has already been tested and validated by others and is considered a generally acceptable theory in the scholarly literature
   • The structure and support for the rationale for the study, the problem statement, the purpose, the significance, and the research questions
   • The process of designing is developmental and experiential

2. CONCEPTUAL

   • SIMILARITIES
     • framing allows for some generalizing to other particular cases
     • Researchers consider many constructs or permutations – amalgamations, definitive properties, relationship differentials, knowledge derivatives and practice outcomes and effects.
     • Frameworks have been described as the map for a study which gives a rationale for the development of research questions or hypotheses
     • A required element in most doctoral work that is supposed to demonstrate the knowledge and authority of the author, both of which are scarce assets in novice scholars.
   • The conceptual framework can be viewed as providing a theoretical overview of intended research and order within that process.
   • The researcher’s understanding of how the research problem will best be explored, the specific direction the research will have to take, and the relationship between the different variables in the study.
   • A system of concepts, assumptions, and beliefs that support and guide the research plan.
   • Often developed in a diagrammatic format