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The ordered structure of dissertation methodology informs the section-by-section approach in this book. In fact, the organization of methodology chapters in dissertations—and qualitative dissertation in particular—directs the development of a framework that mirrors the natural movement from one chapter section to another. While not necessarily flowing from the first to the last section in a linear fashion, the treatment of one section of the methodology chapter at a time follows the general building blocks of qualitative approaches in dissertation studies: recruitment, data collection, and data analysis procedures built on a foundation of research design and researcher roles. With the selection and discussion of a research tradition that starts the chapter as the first section, the remaining chapter sections find a place in the sequence of presenting ideas in the chapter. In this way, the structure of the methodological framework develops from one section to the next—linear in long form and iterative in working out the details in and between each section.

The connections between each section are meaningful—not only the design elements that permeate chapter sections of the methodology, but also the procedural steps woven together as one activity leads to another and connects to broader developments in research fieldwork. If sections could be grouped together by procedural phase, then the following general set of sections could be considered meaningfully—and often temporally—linked:

 research tradition;

 research setting and context, data sources, and research sample;

 data collection instrument, data collection procedures, and data analysis procedures; and

 researcher roles.

Here, these sections can be seen as connected by both task and time: You select a research tradition and then move onto selections of a research setting and research participants. You end with the development of data collection instruments and procedures. All the while, you are working out who you are in your study through a reflexive process. Of course, these steps generally do not transpire in a strict order but rather in iterative steps.