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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

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Research Methods for Writers

Jennifer Clary-Lemon

University of Waterloo

Derek Mueller

Virginia Tech

Kate Pantelides

Middle Tennessee State University

WAC Clearinghouse
wac.colostate.edu
Fort Collins, Colorado

University Press of Colorado
upcolorado.com
Louisville, Colorado

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