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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.

Notes I took on two types of mixed methods research: explanatory sequential design and convergent parallel design. These notes cover the general basics, what they are intended for, and the pros and cons of using each.

A summary of mixed methods research and the different types of research within this method. Notes cover the strands and timing, and the three most common types of mixed method studies, as well as what mixed method studies are not.

These notes are based on Chapter 1 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 1 focuses on a general overview of music therapy research. It introduces discipline, profession, and foundational research--as well as thoroughly explains the differences between research, clinical practice, and theory...

These notes are based on Chapter 9 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 9 focuses on principles of interpretivist research, including: focuses, topics, questions, philosophical bases and epistemology, historical roots, and more. Wheeler, B. (2016). Chapter 9: Principles of Interpretivist ...

These notes are based on Chapter 13 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 13 focuses on the data collection process in interpretivist research, levels of engagement with data sources, reflexivity, sampling, etc. Douglas, K. (2016). Chapter 13: Data Collection in Interpretivist Research. In ...

These notes were taken for my Music Therapy Research class about historical research in music therapy. It focuses on traditional historical research, interpretivist historical research, topic selection, sources, analysis, and other considerations.

These notes are based on Chapter 2 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 2 focuses on the history of music therapy research, taking in many different worldviews (not revolved around only North American music therapy) and including pre-professional and professional music therapy research. Me...

These notes I took for my Music Therapy Research class consider multiple different vulnerable populations that can be worked with in human-subject studies. Populations included in these notes are: elders, individuals who identify as transgender, individuals diagnosed with HIV/AIDS, and minors. Issues discussed include: true informed consent, assent, confidentiality, respect, non-maleficence, assessment of risk, and more.

These notes explain all of the components that should be included when writing a consent form to research that involves human subjects. I wrote these notes for my Music Therapy Research class, but you may find these useful to reference for any research involving human subjects.

These cultures of inquiry notes are helpful for research. I took these for my Music Therapy Research class, but it might be helpful for any undergraduate student trying to learn about the different research methodologies and how they connect to various paradigms.

These notes are based on Chapter 7 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required of all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to take during the winter semester of their senior year of studies. Chapter 7 focuses on the epistemological foundations of both objectivist and interpretivist research. Hiller, J. (2016). Chapter 7: Epistemological Foundations of Objectivist and Interpretivist Research. In B. Wheeler & K. Mu...

These notes are based on Chapter 3 of Wheeler and Murphy's "An Introduction to Music Therapy Research", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy students at Eastern Michigan University to read during the winter semester of their senior year of study. Chapter 3 focuses on how to develop a research topic based on epistemology and ontology, performing a literature review, and more. Darrow, A. (2016). Chapter 3: Developing a Topic. In B. Wheeler & K. Murphy (Eds.), An Introduc...

All undergraduate music students at Eastern Michigan University will at some point take MUSC 413: Orchestration. These were my notes I took for class that I referenced often when making my own musical scores for class. My notes include the score order, the keys and octaves of the many winds and string instruments that might be written into scores, more information about the alto and tenor clefs, string techniques to pay attention to when composing for string instruments (pizzicato, col legno, su...

This is a bundle of all of the notes I currently have for Barbara Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook". This would be everything you need to survive freshman year of studies at Eastern Michigan University, however I am working on uploading more notes for the rest of the chapters so that this package will be complete soon.

These notes are based on Chapter 34 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", a text that is required for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 34 focuses on medical music therapy for children. Loewy, J. (2014). Chapter 34: Medical Music Therapy for Children. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.

These notes are based on Chapter 37 of Wheeler's "The Music Therapy Handbook", which is a required text for all undergraduate music therapy majors at Eastern Michigan University to read in their freshman year of studies. Chapter 37 focuses on music therapy for end of life (hospice) care. O'Callaghan, C., Forrest, L., & Wen, Y. (2014). Chapter 37: Music Therapy at the End of Life. In B.L. Wheeler (Ed.). Music Therapy Handbook. Guilford Press.