Chapters on Interdisciplinary Research and Research Skills.

Intro -- Contents -- Part 1. From 'An Introduction to Interdisciplinary Research' -- 1. Introduction -- 2. What is science? A brief philosophy of science -- 2.1 What is science? -- 2.2 Moving through the Science Cycle -- 4. Interdisciplinarity -- 7. The interdisciplinary research process -- 7.1 The IIS model of interdisciplinary research -- 7.2 Planning your research project -- 8. The problem -- Step 1. Identify problem or topic -- Step 2. Formulate preliminary research question -- 9. Theoretical framework and research question -- Step 3. Develop theoretical framework -- Step 4. Finalize research question -- Step 5. Formulate sub-questions -- 10. How to collect and analyze your data -- Step 6. Develop research methods and design -- Step 7. Data collection and analysis -- 11. Discussion and conclusion(s) -- Step 8. Interpret results, discuss research &amp -- draw conclusion(s) -- References -- Part 2. From 'Academic Skills to Interdisciplinary Studies' -- 1. Preparatory reading and searching -- Familiarizing yourself with a topic -- An initial literature search -- Exploratory reading -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 2. Gathering and organizing key information -- Optimizing your study environment -- Learning objectives -- Reading strategies -- Organizing information -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 3. Studying thoroughly and critically -- Sentence-level analysis -- Types of argumentation -- Critically evaluating texts -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 4. From your topic to your question -- Theoretical framework -- Sources -- 5. Formulating a good question -- Characteristics of a research question -- Types of questions -- Sources -- 6. A testable concept -- Why operationalize? -- From dimensions to indicators and variables -- Operationalization and validity -- Other forms of operationalization -- Sources.

7. Making a research instrument -- Qualitative versus quantitative -- When qualitative and when quantitative? -- Making a qualitative research instrument -- Validity and reliability of your instrument -- Assessment by an ethics committee -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 8. Research practice -- Research practice: quantitative research -- Research practice for qualitative research: conducting interviews -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 9. The structure of your article -- Argumentation structure -- The structure of a scholarly article -- Valorization -- Sources -- 10. Finishing your article: academic writing, titles, and abstracts -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 11. Citing sources and the bibliography -- Reference management software -- In-text citations -- Citations in the bibliography -- Sources -- Other useful sources -- 12. Preventing fraud and plagiarism -- Appendices -- Appendix A. Sample literature review -- Appendix B. Sample research article -- Colophon.

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