Checklist:
☐ Identify the guiding framework. Present the key concepts, briefly explain how they are related, and present the propositions relevant to this study. You should read the original theorist and then subsequent theorist(s) who helped evolve the framework.
☐ Explain how the framework guided the research decisions, including the development of the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions.
☐ If more than one framework is guiding the study, integrate them rather than describe them independently. Do not select a separate framework for each variable/construct under examination.
☐ Do not exceed one page. A more thorough discussion of the framework will be included in Chapter 2.