RSCH 8100A Week 8 Discussion: Designing Qualitative Research As you recall from earlier weeks, various philosophical orientations hold unique epistemological and ontological assumptions. These assumptions return to the forefront of attention when considering how to evaluate the rigor or quality of various qualitative research designs. Typically, when speaking of validity, qualitative researchers are referring to…

RSCH 8100A Week 7 Discussion: Evaluating Research Questions and Qualitative Research Designs Just as in quantitative research, when researchers set out to design a qualitative research study, they are guided by its purpose, and their research questions align with their selected approach and the data that will be collected. As you learned in previous weeks,…

RSCH 8100A Week 6 Assignment: Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article Submit: Annotation of a Quantitative Research Article This week, you will submit the annotation of a quantitative research article on a topic of your interest. Quasi-experimental, casual comparative, correlational, pretest–posttest, or true experimental are examples of types of research designs used in quantitative research. An…

RSCH 8100A Week 6 Discussion: Designing Quantitative Research Researchers consider validity and reliability with each new study they design. This is because validity and reliability are not fixed but rather reflect a particular study’s unique variables, research design, instruments, and participants. In the context of research design, two types of validity, which speak to the…

RSCH 8100A Week 5 Discussion: Evaluating Research Questions, Hypotheses, and Quantitative Research Designs With a clear purpose in place, quantitative researchers have a roadmap for crafting their research questions and hypotheses that will further focus the approach they will take to investigate their topic (i.e., their study’s research design). The selection of a research design…

RSCH 8100A Week 4 Discussion: Evaluating Purpose Statements “There is a link between understanding the purpose of one’s research and selecting the appropriate methods to investigate the questions that are derived from that purpose. “ –(Newman, Ridenour, Newman, & DeMarco, G. M. P., Jr., 2003, p. 169) For this Discussion, you will evaluate the purpose statements…

RSCH 8100A Week 3 Assignment: Evaluating Use of Literature and Problem Statement Researchers use scholarly literature for various purposes in their work, such as, but not limited to, establishing the need for and importance of their study or describing a theory. The problem statement is typically tied to the literature, and for this reason, these…

RSCH 8100A Week 2 Discussion: Role of Theory in Research Popular usage of the word “theory” may sometimes imply a singular, often grand idea. The world, however, is complex, and the systems designed to understand it, such as theory, are often intricate in order to sufficiently explain the world as it is. Indeed, as you…

  RSCH 8100A Week 1 Discussion: Philosophy of Science How does the lens from which you view the world shape your approach to research inquiry? Why is it important as a scholar-practitioner engaged in research to acknowledge your worldview? The Learning Resources in this first week will help you answer these questions, and they will…