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- Title
Exploring a Fourth Space for Composition Studies Research.
- Authors
Baker, John R.; Bizzaro, Patrick
- Abstract
The research methods landscape has the potential to be quite diverse. However, the paradigmatic battles between the two empirical research camps (quantitative and qualitative) and the more recent embracement of mixed-methods research has narrowly focused many fields' attention, including that of composition studies, away from other sorts of useful methods, such as theoretical research. To address this, this sequential two-part study compares and contrasts the (a) purpose, (b) instruments, (c) data, and (d) structure of quantitative and qualitative research. Drawing on this four-part structure, this study advances composition studies research methods literature by posing and testing a definition of theoretical research through an examination of full-length core composition studies texts (N = 12). The article concludes by explaining the study's relevance to the field and offering directions for future research.
- Subjects
PARADIGM (Linguistics); STUDY &; teaching of language composition; QUANTITATIVE research
- Publication
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, 2020, Vol 12, Issue 5, p1
- ISSN
0975-2935
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.21659/rupkatha.v12n5.rioc1s24n4