Shields, Patricia M.2018-10-052018-10-052018-09-17Shields, P. M. (2018). A research playbook: Tools to manage the process while enhancing coherence and creativity. Presented at the Texas State University Graduate College Shop Talk Series, San Marcos, Texas.https://hdl.handle.net/10877/7753Have you ever made a connection between football and award-winning student research? This workshop introduces The Playbook for Research Methods: Integrating conceptual frameworks and project management. Using extensive metaphors from football, the author-presenter introduces research tools which can transform writing a paper into managing a project while bringing coherence and creativity to the empirical research process.Image67 pages2 files (.pdf | .pptx)enresearch methodscoherencecreativitycognitive domainstransformations of inquiryscholarly researchproject managementconceptual frameworksclassical pragmatismPolitical SciencePresentation