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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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