CONSIDERATIONS IN DESIGNING A QUALITATIVE STUDY week 3 disc 2

Using what you have learned about your topic from your literature search, you are working towards formulating a research purpose and question. Note that in the Learning Resources for this week, the language of qualitative research is incorporated into how the research purpose and question is formulated. Here are some basic do’s and don’ts.

Quantitative (Don’ts)

Qualitative (Do’s)

Predict

Examine differences, effects, or impact

Correlate

Analyze

Explore

Understand

Describe

Variables

Indicators

Measures

Experience

• Meaning

Essence

• Narrative

Hypotheses

• Broad, open-ended questions

For example, in the ongoing scenario for each of the weeks of this course, the qualitative research question is formulated based on:

• DO: The purpose of this study is to understand the narratives of childcare and support in families in impoverished communities.

DO: What is the meaning of a “well-behaved child” to early childhood caregivers in impoverished neighborhoods?

While as in this example, the research question is formulated based on quantitative information

DON’T: The purpose of this study is to examine the demographic and family factors that predict the use of childcare services in impoverished communities.

• DON’T: What are the differences in early childhood social skill acquisition between children that do receive childcare services and those that do not?
• For this Discussion, you will examine qualitative research as it relates to qualitative design considerations
• To prepare for this Discussion:

Review the Learning Resources and the Fundamentals of Qualitative Research Methods: Developing a Qualitative Research Question video and consider the basic guidelines for qualitative research design.

Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help found in this week’s Learning Resources and search for a qualitative research article. (Note: This article should be the research article you are using for your Major Assignment 1.)

Review the qualitative research article you found and identify each of the components of the research design and consider what is present and what is missing.

• Identify what the authors did to document positionality, reflexivity, and bias.

BY DAY 4

• Transform your notes from your preparation work into three paragraphs and post the following:

A brief statement of the purpose and primary research question the article addresses

• An assessment of how thoroughly the research design was presented, including what was missing

An assessment of the extent of the researcher’s presentation of positionality, reflexivity, and bias

Be sure to support your main post and response post with reference to the week’s Learning Resources and other scholarly evidence in APA style.

Ravitch, S. M., & Carl, N. M. (2021). Qualitative research: Bridging the conceptual, theoretical, and methodological (2nd ed.) Sage Publications.

• Chapter 3, “Critical Qualitative Research Design” “Qualitative Research Design” (pp. 62–103) (focus on pp. 62-63)
• Chapter 4, “Design and Reflexivity in Data Collection” (pp. 105–122)
• Rubin, H. J., & Rubin, I. S. (2012). Qualitative interviewing: The art of hearing data (3rd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
• Chapter 3, “Qualitative Data-Gathering Methods and Style” (pp. 25–39)

Chapter 4, “Designing Research for the Responsive Interviewing Model” (pp. 42–57)

Walden University Office of Research and Doctoral Services. (2015). Research Resources: Research Design & AnalysisLinks to an external site.. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/researchcenter/resources/DesignLinks to an external site.

Use this website to guide as you as you consider research design and analysis for your Discussions and Assignments during this week.

Walden University Library. (n.d.). Course Guide and Assignment Help for RSCH 8310Links to an external site.. Retrieved from http://academicguides.waldenu.edu/rsch8310Links to an external site.

Use this website to search for articles based on the requirements for the Discussion and/or Assignment.

Document: Video Field Notes Guide (Word document)Download Video Field Notes Guide (Word document)

Use this guide to help you as you take notes for your Scholar of Change video.

Document: Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Guidelines (PDF)Download Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Guidelines (PDF)

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