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These notes are on Chapter 5 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research". Chapter 5 focuses on ethical thinking in music therapy research. Murphy, K. (2016) Chapter 5: Ethical Thinking in Music Therapy Research. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduction to Music Therapy Research (3rd ed.). Barcelona Publishers.

These notes are on Chapter 4 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research". Chapter 4 focuses on the process of reviewing literature while forming a research proposal. Abbott, E. (2016). Chapter 4: Reviewing the Literature. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduction to Music Therapy Research (3rd ed.). Barcelona Publishers.

These notes are on many important research terminology concepts, giving definitions of each.

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.