Assignment
Instructions
Evaluating a Qualitative Study
For this assignment, find one qualitative research study examining your topic. Make sure the article utilizes primary data collection and there is a methods and results section. Based on this week's readings and your current understanding of qualitative methods to help guide you, address the following:
1. Using what you learned from your reading, what research design was used in the article you selected?
2. What approach to sampling did the authors take in the article? What evidence supports this.
3. What types of data did the authors collect (interviews, observations, documents)? What were the advantages and disadvantages of the method of data collection used? (Refer to Table 10.2 Characteristics of the Major Categories of Qualitative Data Collection in your course text.)
4. How did the authors ensure that recruitment of participants and data collection procedures were conducted in an ethical manner?
5. If you cannot determine the answers to these questions, what does that suggest about the quality of the article? With all of these factors in mind, what do you assess the overall quality of the article to be? Will you retain it for your literature review?