Eastern Michigan University

A recap on how to develop a good research question and delimiting, as well as some examples of some for objectivist and interpretivist studies.

Notes on the principles of quantitative music therapy research. Includes information on characteristics like deductive reasoning, different quantitative designs, themes and concepts, variables, reliability and validity, and more.

The notes I took on the cultures of inquiry of positivist research. Includes the philosophy of science, history of positivism, contemporary positivism, the philosophies held by positivist researchers on truth, and more.

These notes are on Chapter 8 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research". Chapter 8 focuses on the principles of objectivist research--common methodologies, tools, analysis of data, fundamental questions, generalizability, sampling techniques, etc. Cohen, N. (2016). Chapter 8: Principles of Objectivist Research. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduction to Music Therapy Research (3rd ed.). Barcelona Publishers.

Notes I took on specifically the exploratory sequential design type of mixed methods research. These notes cover the basics of this method, the pros and cons of it, and the evaluation of this research.

Notes I took on two types of mixed methods research: explanatory sequential design and convergent parallel design. These notes cover the general basics, what they are intended for, and the pros and cons of using each.

A summary of mixed methods research and the different types of research within this method. Notes cover the strands and timing, and the three most common types of mixed method studies, as well as what mixed method studies are not.

These notes are based on Chapter 1 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 1 focuses on a general overview of music therapy research. It introduces discipline, profession, and foundational research--as well as thoroughly explains the differences between research, clinical practice, and theory...

These notes are based on Chapter 9 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 9 focuses on principles of interpretivist research, including: focuses, topics, questions, philosophical bases and epistemology, historical roots, and more. Wheeler, B. (2016). Chapter 9: Principles of Interpretivist ...

These notes are based on Chapter 13 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 13 focuses on the data collection process in interpretivist research, levels of engagement with data sources, reflexivity, sampling, etc. Douglas, K. (2016). Chapter 13: Data Collection in Interpretivist Research. In ...