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Foreword by Ken Melrose, CEO, The Toro Company
    Part I: Practical Importance of Research
  1. HRD Research: Don't Go to Work Without It! Richard A. Swanson, University of Minnesota
  2. How Research Contributes to the HRD Value Chain, Michael P. Leimbach, Wilson Learning Corporation, and Timothy T. Baldwin, University of Indiana
  3. HRD Partnerships for Integrating Research and Practice, Ronald L. Jacobs, Ohio State University
    Part II: Ways of Doing Practical Research
  1. Quantitative Research Methods, Elwood F. Holton, III, Louisiana State University, and Michael F. Burnett, Louisiana State University
  2. Qualitative Research Methods, Barbara L. Swanson, Swanson & Associates; Karen E. Watkins, University of Georgia; and Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia
    University
  3. Theory-Building Research Methods, Richard J. Torraco, University of Nebraska
  4. Case Study Research Methods, Victoria J. Marsick, Columbia University, and Karen E. Watkins, University of Georgia
    Part III: Getting Started on Research
  1. Finding and Using HRD Research, Catherine M. Sleezer, Oklahoma State University, and James M. Sleezer, Oklahoma State University
  2. Examples of Excellent Research, Gary N. McLean, University of Minnesota, and Darlene Russ-Eft, Zenger Miller
  3. Ways of Seeing: Disciplinary Bases of Research in HRD, David L. Passmore, Pennsylvania State University