RES/724 RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN 

RES/724 RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN

RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN

RES/724 Wk 1 – Foundations of Qualitative Research Worksheet

Exercise 1

The purpose of this exercise is to examine how philosophical assumptions differ and are exemplified (implicitly or explicitly) based on the interpretive framework selected.

1. Read the four articles listed below, which are located in the Week 1 University Library Readings. Each qualitative journal article adopts a different interpretive

3. Complete the table below by providing detailed explanations and examples that demonstrate how the different philosophical assumptions are represented (implicitly or explicitly) in the selected journal articles.
4. discuss how the philosophical assumptions differed between the interpretive frameworks. Why is it important for researchers to understand the connection between philosophy and interpretive frameworks? Write your response in the space below.

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Exercise 2

The purpose of this exercise is to explore the link between the research purpose and research questions.

1. Identify a potential research topic for a qualitative study. Write your topic in the space below.

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2. Complete the table below by writing 1 or 2 research questions for an exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory study related to your selected topic. Include a justification that explains how your research question(s) align with and/or support the research purpose.

RES/724 Wk 2 – Research Design Worksheet

Exercise 1

The various qualitative research designs are each used for a different purpose. As consumers and producers of research, it is important that you know how to differentiate between designs in order to select (and assess) the design that is most appropriate for the study.

1. Select three qualitative research designs. Some examples include narrative, phenomenological, grounded theory, ethnographic, and case study.
2. Research each of your selected designs, focusing on the design approach features outlined in the table below.
3. Complete the table below by providing detailed information—informed by peer reviewed literature—for each selected research design and its associated design approach features.
4. Include in-text citations and a separate list of references that align with APA standards.

Exercise 2

1. Locate peer reviewed journal articles that use each of the qualitative research designs you selected for Exercise 1 (one article for each design type).
2. Analyze each article, focusing on the design approach features outlined in the table below.
3. Complete the table below by explaining how each design approach feature is represented in the article.

RES/724 Wk 3 – Analysis Exercise

omplete Parts 1 and 2 below.

This assignment does not involve any software. This is to be done manually using the coding schemes within your textbook in Ch. 15.

Part 1:

1. Download the “Sarah: Diabetes Interview” transcript from the Saldaña and Omasta (2018) SAGE Student Resources webpage.
2. Read the transcript beginning with the question, “Going back to how you learned about diabetes, what sources did you learn about the condition from? Where did you learn about diabetes once you were diagnosed?” on p. 3. Read the section a second time. This time, look for specific words that are repeated or stand out. List the specific words you identified. When you think about coding, you are looking for overall themes. What specific words provide meaning of the transcript? Not all words—specific ones.
3. Condense the transcript beginning with the question, “Going back to how you learned about diabetes, what sources did you learn about the condition from? Where did you learn about diabetes once you were diagnosed?” on p. 3 and continuing through the end. Your goal is to condense the interview from 1,501 words to about 500 words. This should be a summary of the transcript, not just repeating the same words, condensing to 500 words.

Part 2:

1. Download one of the transcripts from the Saldaña and Omasta (2018) SAGE Student Resources webpage.
2. Choose a section of about 300 words from the interview transcript you selected.
3. Consider which two of the following four coding methods (In Vivo, Process, Values, or Emotion Coding) would be most appropriate for analyzing the text.
4. Code the text using each method you selected. Note: You must code the selected section of text twice—once for each method you choose.
5. Compare the results and prepare a 150- to 300-word summary discussing how the different coding methods employed helped reinforce each other or provided divergent analytic insights.

Provide the actual text you are coding and how you coded it.

RES/724 Wk 4 – Mock Study Development Worksheet

For the remaining weeks in this course, you will demonstrate your understanding of qualitative research by engaging in specific processes associated with the design and development of a mock qualitative study on a topic of your choice.

This week, you will begin formulating a mock qualitative study.

Complete the Mock Study Development Worksheet.

Part I: Research Topic and Problem

1. Identify a research topic related to your degree program that would be best approached from a qualitative perspective.

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2. Identify a research problem related to your research topic.

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3. Explain why your selected topic and problem would be best approached from a qualitative perspective.

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4. Explain how your selected topic and problem relate to your degree program.

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5. Provide a brief summary about what you currently know about your selected topic and problem and why they interest you.

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Part II: Exploration

1. Locate a minimum of three peer-reviewed, empirical journal articles (published within the last five years) that relate to your selected research topic and/or problem. Analyze each article using the criteria outlined in the table below and report your findings within the table.

2. Part III: Formulating a Research Question and Design

   Propose a research question for a mock study related to your topic and problem that is appropriate for each research purpose listed in the table below. Explain how your research questions align with and/or support the research purpose

1. Consider your research topic and problem in relation to the research questions you proposed and the literature you reviewed in Part II. Provide a response to the question: “What do I want to know about this topic and problem”?
   1. Propose a research question and design for a mock study that will collect data using interviews to help you discover the knowledge you seek. Explain why your research question and design are appropriate for your study.
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   2. Propose a research question and design for a mock study that will collect data using observations to help you discover the knowledge you seek. Explain why your research question and design are appropriate for your study.

    

   3. Explain how your mock study will contribute new knowledge to your discipline (i.e., what is the current gap? and how will your research help to fill that gap?).

Note: Please pay close attention to the entire worksheet. This worksheet has many elements to it. For the observations, please make sure this is a non-participant observation. You cannot observe just an individual; it needs to a group of people like in a board meeting, faculty meeting, train station, mall, Starbucks, etc. The observation should be related to your proposed topic, but sometimes that may not be possible. For the interviews, the two interviews need to be the same…such as two faculty, two managers, two employees. Please contact your instructor for further information. Patients or underage children cannot be interviewed.

RES/724 Wk 6 – Applied Practice: Observation

Note: You do not need IRB approval for a class activity.

Conduct two, 60-minute observations of the actions, events, interactions, or relevant factors related to the central phenomenon in your mock study.

Document your observations using the Observation Guide.

Submit your assignment.

RES/724 Wk 7 – Applied Practice: Interviewing

Interview two participants (in-person) who have an understanding of the content of your research topic/problem. Refer to the interview requirements below:

• Explain the purpose of the interview to the participants by using the appropriate introduction.
• Each interview must be audio recorded and timed.

Transcribe your interviews (word-for-word). Within the transcriptions, highlight any areas you think might be thematic or represent emerging patterns.

Write a 350- to 500-word reflection about what you learned, what challenges you had, and how you felt about the data you were able to obtain.

RES/724 RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN

RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN

RES/724 Wk 1 – Foundations of Qualitative Research Worksheet

Exercise 1

The purpose of this exercise is to examine how philosophical assumptions differ and are exemplified (implicitly or explicitly) based on the interpretive framework selected.

1. Read the four articles listed below, which are located in the Week 1 University Library Readings. Each qualitative journal article adopts a different interpretive

3. Complete the table below by providing detailed explanations and examples that demonstrate how the different philosophical assumptions are represented (implicitly or explicitly) in the selected journal articles.
4. discuss how the philosophical assumptions differed between the interpretive frameworks. Why is it important for researchers to understand the connection between philosophy and interpretive frameworks? Write your response in the space below.

Click or tap here to enter text.

Exercise 2

The purpose of this exercise is to explore the link between the research purpose and research questions.

1. Identify a potential research topic for a qualitative study. Write your topic in the space below.

Click or tap here to enter text.

2. Complete the table below by writing 1 or 2 research questions for an exploratory, descriptive, and explanatory study related to your selected topic. Include a justification that explains how your research question(s) align with and/or support the research purpose.

RES/724 Wk 2 – Research Design Worksheet

Exercise 1

The various qualitative research designs are each used for a different purpose. As consumers and producers of research, it is important that you know how to differentiate between designs in order to select (and assess) the design that is most appropriate for the study.

1. Select three qualitative research designs. Some examples include narrative, phenomenological, grounded theory, ethnographic, and case study.
2. Research each of your selected designs, focusing on the design approach features outlined in the table below.
3. Complete the table below by providing detailed information—informed by peer reviewed literature—for each selected research design and its associated design approach features.
4. Include in-text citations and a separate list of references that align with APA standards.

Exercise 2

1. Locate peer reviewed journal articles that use each of the qualitative research designs you selected for Exercise 1 (one article for each design type).
2. Analyze each article, focusing on the design approach features outlined in the table below.
3. Complete the table below by explaining how each design approach feature is represented in the article.

RES/724 Wk 3 – Analysis Exercise

omplete Parts 1 and 2 below.

This assignment does not involve any software. This is to be done manually using the coding schemes within your textbook in Ch. 15.

Part 1:

1. Download the “Sarah: Diabetes Interview” transcript from the Saldaña and Omasta (2018) SAGE Student Resources webpage.
2. Read the transcript beginning with the question, “Going back to how you learned about diabetes, what sources did you learn about the condition from? Where did you learn about diabetes once you were diagnosed?” on p. 3. Read the section a second time. This time, look for specific words that are repeated or stand out. List the specific words you identified. When you think about coding, you are looking for overall themes. What specific words provide meaning of the transcript? Not all words—specific ones.
3. Condense the transcript beginning with the question, “Going back to how you learned about diabetes, what sources did you learn about the condition from? Where did you learn about diabetes once you were diagnosed?” on p. 3 and continuing through the end. Your goal is to condense the interview from 1,501 words to about 500 words. This should be a summary of the transcript, not just repeating the same words, condensing to 500 words.

Part 2:

1. Download one of the transcripts from the Saldaña and Omasta (2018) SAGE Student Resources webpage.
2. Choose a section of about 300 words from the interview transcript you selected.
3. Consider which two of the following four coding methods (In Vivo, Process, Values, or Emotion Coding) would be most appropriate for analyzing the text.
4. Code the text using each method you selected. Note: You must code the selected section of text twice—once for each method you choose.
5. Compare the results and prepare a 150- to 300-word summary discussing how the different coding methods employed helped reinforce each other or provided divergent analytic insights.

Provide the actual text you are coding and how you coded it.

RES/724 Wk 4 – Mock Study Development Worksheet

For the remaining weeks in this course, you will demonstrate your understanding of qualitative research by engaging in specific processes associated with the design and development of a mock qualitative study on a topic of your choice.

This week, you will begin formulating a mock qualitative study.

Complete the Mock Study Development Worksheet.

Part I: Research Topic and Problem

1. Identify a research topic related to your degree program that would be best approached from a qualitative perspective.

Click or tap here to enter text.

2. Identify a research problem related to your research topic.

Click or tap here to enter text.

3. Explain why your selected topic and problem would be best approached from a qualitative perspective.

Click or tap here to enter text.

4. Explain how your selected topic and problem relate to your degree program.

Click or tap here to enter text.

5. Provide a brief summary about what you currently know about your selected topic and problem and why they interest you.

Click or tap here to enter text.

Part II: Exploration

1. Locate a minimum of three peer-reviewed, empirical journal articles (published within the last five years) that relate to your selected research topic and/or problem. Analyze each article using the criteria outlined in the table below and report your findings within the table.

2. Part III: Formulating a Research Question and Design

   Propose a research question for a mock study related to your topic and problem that is appropriate for each research purpose listed in the table below. Explain how your research questions align with and/or support the research purpose

1. Consider your research topic and problem in relation to the research questions you proposed and the literature you reviewed in Part II. Provide a response to the question: “What do I want to know about this topic and problem”?
   1. Propose a research question and design for a mock study that will collect data using interviews to help you discover the knowledge you seek. Explain why your research question and design are appropriate for your study.
2.  
   2. Propose a research question and design for a mock study that will collect data using observations to help you discover the knowledge you seek. Explain why your research question and design are appropriate for your study.

    

   3. Explain how your mock study will contribute new knowledge to your discipline (i.e., what is the current gap? and how will your research help to fill that gap?).

Note: Please pay close attention to the entire worksheet. This worksheet has many elements to it. For the observations, please make sure this is a non-participant observation. You cannot observe just an individual; it needs to a group of people like in a board meeting, faculty meeting, train station, mall, Starbucks, etc. The observation should be related to your proposed topic, but sometimes that may not be possible. For the interviews, the two interviews need to be the same…such as two faculty, two managers, two employees. Please contact your instructor for further information. Patients or underage children cannot be interviewed.

RES/724 Wk 6 – Applied Practice: Observation

Note: You do not need IRB approval for a class activity.

Conduct two, 60-minute observations of the actions, events, interactions, or relevant factors related to the central phenomenon in your mock study.

Document your observations using the Observation Guide.

Submit your assignment.

RES/724 Wk 7 – Applied Practice: Interviewing

Interview two participants (in-person) who have an understanding of the content of your research topic/problem. Refer to the interview requirements below:

• Explain the purpose of the interview to the participants by using the appropriate introduction.
• Each interview must be audio recorded and timed.

Transcribe your interviews (word-for-word). Within the transcriptions, highlight any areas you think might be thematic or represent emerging patterns.

Write a 350- to 500-word reflection about what you learned, what challenges you had, and how you felt about the data you were able to obtain.

RES/724 RES 724 QUALITATIVE METHODS AND DESIGN