Qualitative Methods: Ethnography and Case Study: Use the library to locate two articles from the professional psychological literature that use qualitative methods. One of the articles should utilize an ethnography approach and the other article should utilize a case-study approach.
Use the library to locate two articles from the professional psychological literature that use qualitative methods. One of the articles should utilize an
ethnography approach and the other article should utilize a case-study approach. The Search by Methodology guide will show you some techniques for
searching by methodology within the library’s article databases.
Record the persistent link for each article found within the library databases. The persistent link is different from the URL in the browser window. Use
this guide to learn where to locate your articles’ persistent links: Persistent Links and DOIs.
Read each article in preparation for this unit’s discussions.
Use Finding Articles for Your Discussion Post to learn how to locate articles within the library databases. This guide will walk you through the basic
steps of accessing the library databases and creating a search strategy to find articles.
Q1- Qualitative Research: Ethnography
For the ethnography article you selected in this unit’s Studies, the Readings for Discussion section, do the following:
• Describe the characteristics of the research that allow you to know that the research used an ethnographic approach.
• Identify the key phenomena under investigation.
• Describe the data-collection process, including the role of the researcher.
• Describe the approach to analyzing the data in this study.
• Evaluate the scientific merit of the selected approach. How did the ethnographic approach help the researcher answer the research question? How might you
have designed this study differently?
• Post the persistent link for the article in your response. Refer to the Persistent Links and DOIs guide (linked in Resources) to learn how to locate this
information in the library databases.
Response Guidelines
After reviewing the discussion postings, choose two peers to respond to.
• Follow the persistent link to the article being discussed.
• Using the language of research, explain how you agree or disagree with your peer’s evaluation, offering your own suggestions for improving the research
design.
Q2 – Qualitative Research: Case Study
For the case-study article you selected in this unit’s Studies, the Readings for Discussion section, do the following:
• Describe the characteristics of the research that allow you to know that the research used a case-study approach.
• Identify the key phenomena under investigation.
• Describe the data-collection process, including the role of the researcher.
• Describe the approach to analyzing the data in this study.
• Evaluate the scientific merit of the selected approach. How did the case-study approach help the researcher answer the research question? How might you
have designed this study differently?
• Post the persistent link for the article in your response. Refer to the Persistent Links and DOIs guide (linked in Resources) to learn how to locate this
information in the library databases.
Response Guidelines
After reviewing the discussion postings, choose two peers to respond to.
• Follow the persistent link to the article being discussed.
• Using the language of research, explain how you agree or disagree with your peer’s evaluation, offering your own suggestions for improving the research
design.
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