Responses should directly address the question and be discerning about when the DB is asking
for a more objective (researched) answer vs. personal experience and opinion. I also highly
encourage you to incorporate relevant supplemental material (i.e. an article, website, youtube
video, etc.)
MUST use APA style citations and in-text citations. Need 300 words or more.
This week’s main DB requires you to complete ALL steps to receive full credit.
1) Use the online library to find a peer-reviewed journal article that uses qualitative methods.
2) Read the article
3) Write a brief summary of the article
4) Write a critical review of their qualitative analysis using prompts from HW1 Qualitative
Analysis section See Below
5) Use proper APA formatting
The deadline for this discussion assignment is 6pm EST on Friday June 19, 2015.
HW1 Qualitative Analysis
1) Is the results section a cohesive essay?
2) Does the researcher connect the results to any general research questions or goals?
3) Is the perspective of the results presentation appropriate? Does it match the
research technique?
4) Has the writer presented enough examples to support the conclusions? Do the
examples make the readers believe the researchers points?
5) Do you have reason to believe that the presence of the researcher influenced the
actions or statements of other group members? If this is possible, has the researcher
addressed it in the research?
6) Especially in field research (although this may be an issue to a lesser degree in other
forms of qualitative data gathering), does the researcher discuss how he or she
interacted with subjects in the field, what problems arose, and how the researcher
addressed them?
