Thanks, Greta.  I am lucky in that my survey is an existing one that  
has been tested for validity and reliability by outside sources so I  
don't have to tackle much as far as that is concerned. BTW, my topic  
is Elementary Principals as Technology Instructional Leaders and I'll  
be examining teacher and principal perceptions of their leadership  
for technology integration, comparing PA to MD.

Linda
On Mar 5, 2008, at 3:31 PM, greta von der luft wrote:

> Congratulations.
> I am one of those folks that are over educated with a PhD. I am not  
> sure
> what your question is. In terms of a survey or any other tool that  
> you use
> make sure that it has vailidity and reliability. If you are doing a  
> survey
> also make sure that it is well constructed having more than just  
> surface
> content validity. A good resource for surveys and constructing one  
> is a
> textbook that investigates qualitative research. If I can be of more
> assistance, please let me know. Again congratulations.
> Greta
>
> On Wed, Mar 5, 2008 at 2:06 PM, Linda Macaulay  
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
>> I thought I would pass along the good news that I successfully
>> defended my comprehensive exams and am now officially ABD (all but
>> dissertation).  Yippee!  My study proposal is getting pretty near
>> complete too, so hopefully in the next month or so I will have the go
>> ahead to begin the actual study.  Here's hoping that within a year
>> from now I will be done and able to call myself "Dr." Macaulay.
>>
>> Since I know we have a few folks with advanced degrees on the list,
>> any advice to share??  And if anyone can point me to good resources
>> that better explain theoretical paradigms I would much appreciate
>> it.  I think I am more of an "interpretist", but my study will be
>> survey-based and quantitative so that seems not to fit the
>> interpretism paradigm quite as well.  I don't know why such a basic
>> piece as research paradigm is giving me such trouble, but...
>>
>> Linda
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