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[**OPTIONAL**] Remler, D.K. & Van Ryzin, G.G. (2010). (Chapter 15) How to find, focus, and present research. Research methods in practice: Strategies for description and causation (pp. 489-498). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications. [RVR Ch. 15 Quiz]