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table of contents
  1. Preface
  2. Chapter 1. What are Research Methods?
    1. Uncertainty and Curiosity
    2. Rhetorical Foundations of Research
    3. Research Example: Student Writing Habits
    4. Research Example: Access to Clean Water
    5. Research Across the Disciplines
    6. Using Research Methods Ethically
    7. Developing a Research Proposal
    8. Focus on Delivery: Writing a Research Proposal
    9. Works Cited
  3. Chapter 2. Making Research Ethical
    1. Ethical Approaches to Research
    2. Ethos is Collective and Individual
    3. Ethics and Secondary Research
    4. Establishing Ethos
    5. Evaluating Texts and Authors
    6. Learning Citation Systems
    7. Ethics and Primary Research
    8. Focus on Delivery: Composing a Participation Form
    9. Works Cited
  4. Chapter 3. Working with Sources: Worknets and Invention
    1. The Power of Worknets
    2. Branching Out—Taking Worknets Farther
    3. Using Worknets to Develop a Literature Review
    4. Focus on Delivery: Writing a Literature Review
    5. Works Cited
  5. Chapter 4. Working With Words
    1. Discourse Analysis
    2. Content Analysis
    3. Rhetorical Analysis
    4. Genre Analysis
    5. Focus on Delivery: Developing a Coding Scheme
    6. Works Cited
  6. Chapter 5. Working with People
    1. Surveys
    2. Interviews
    3. Putting It All Together: Case Studies
    4. Focus on Delivery: Writing a Research Memo
    5. Works Cited
  7. Chapter 6. Working with Places and Things
    1. Methods Can Be Material
    2. Archival Methods
    3. Site-Based Observations
    4. Places and Things Converge: Mapmaking as a Method
    5. Focus on Delivery: Curating a Collection
    6. Works Cited
  8. Chapter 7. Working with Visuals
    1. Photographs
    2. Working with More Visuals
    3. Looking Again at Working with Visuals
    4. Focus on Delivery: The Photo Essay
    5. Works Cited
  9. Chapter 8. Research and the Rhetorical Forms It Takes
    1. The Rhetorical Forms Research Takes
    2. Focus on Delivery: Developing a Research Poster
    3. Works Cited
  10. Acknowledgments

Contents

Preface

Chapter 1. What are Research Methods?

Uncertainty and Curiosity

Rhetorical Foundations of Research

Research Example: Student Writing Habits

Research Example: Access to Clean Water

Research Across the Disciplines

Using Research Methods Ethically

Developing a Research Proposal

Focus on Delivery: Writing a Research Proposal

Works Cited

Chapter 2. Making Research Ethical

Ethical Approaches to Research

Ethos is Collective and Individual

Ethics and Secondary Research

Establishing Ethos

Evaluating Texts and Authors

Learning Citation Systems

Ethics and Primary Research

Focus on Delivery: Composing a Participation Form

Works Cited

Chapter 3. Working with Sources: Worknets and Invention

The Power of Worknets

Branching Out—Taking Worknets Farther

Using Worknets to Develop a Literature Review

Focus on Delivery: Writing a Literature Review

Works Cited

Chapter 4. Working With Words

Discourse Analysis

Content Analysis

Rhetorical Analysis

Genre Analysis

Focus on Delivery: Developing a Coding Scheme

Works Cited

Chapter 5. Working with People

Surveys

Interviews

Putting It All Together: Case Studies

Focus on Delivery: Writing a Research Memo

Works Cited

Chapter 6. Working with Places and Things

Methods Can Be Material

Archival Methods

Site-Based Observations

Places and Things Converge: Mapmaking as a Method

Focus on Delivery: Curating a Collection

Works Cited

Chapter 7. Working with Visuals

Photographs

Working with More Visuals

Looking Again at Working with Visuals

Focus on Delivery: The Photo Essay

Works Cited

Chapter 8. Research and the Rhetorical Forms It Takes

The Rhetorical Forms Research Takes

Focus on Delivery: Developing a Research Poster

Works Cited

Acknowledgments

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