Week 3 Assignment
Research Methods Literature Review
Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the qualitative and quantitative research designs encountered so far in this course.
For your literature review, you will select one design from each of the following categories.
Category
Non-experimental
Quantitative experimental
Qualitative
Mixed methods
Designs
Descriptive
Archival
Observational
Correlational
Survey research
Pretest-posttest control group
Posttest-only control group
Solomon four-group
Ethnography
Phenomenology
Grounded theory
Narrative
Participatory action research (PAR)
Explanatory
Exploratory
Triangulation
Parallel
Visit the Research Methods research guide in the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and search the databases for a minimum of one peer-reviewed journal article published within the last 10 years about each of the research designs you selected. The articles must not be research studies using the designs. Instead, they must be about how to conduct a study using the design. Examples of acceptable articles for this assignment are listed at the Suggested Articles tab in the Research Methods research guide.
In your paper, briefly outline the topic you selected for your Final Research Proposal in Week One and apply the scientific method by suggesting both a specific research question and a hypothesis for the topic. Evaluate your chosen peer-reviewed articles summarizing each and explaining how the research design described could be useful for designing original research on your topic. Compare and contrast the paradigms or worldviews inherent in the methodology associated with each research design. Apply professional standards and situate yourself as a researcher by identifying which of these approaches best fits with your worldview.
The Research Methods Literature Review
Must be four double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center (Links to an external site.).
Must include a separate title page with the following:
Title of paper
Student’s name
Course name and number
Instructor’s name
Date submitted
Must use at least four peer-reviewed sources published within the last 10 years.
Must document all sources in APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Must include a separate reference page that is formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Writing Center.
Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.
Message from my instructor:
Hello Class,
I hope all of you are having a great evening! Everyone is doing well in the class, but I know some of you want to do better (I have received some emails), so I am providing additional information for your week 3 assignment.
So, for your week 3 assignment, the articles you select “MUST NOT” be “research studies USING” the designs. Instead, they must be about “HOW TO CONDUCT A STUDY” using the designs.
Examples of acceptable articles for this assignment are listed at the Suggested Articles tab in the ‘Research Methods research guide’ in the UAGC Library.
You need to go to the UAGC Library.
On the top right corner, click “Research Tools.”
Click on “Access Research Guides”
Click “Psychology”
Click “Research Methods”
Click “Suggested Articles”
Here you will find…Suggested Articles on Quantitative Research Methods, Suggested Articles on Qualitative Research Methods, etc.
For example, here are a few articles that I just copied from the suggested article tab.
Ingham-Broomfield, R. (2014). A nurses’ guide to quantitative research. Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing, 32(2), 23-38.
Chenail, R. J. (2011). How to conduct clinical qualitative research on the patient’s experience. The Qualitative Report, 16(4), 1173-1190.
***Please click on Announcements in the left navigation menu and look for the…Week 3 Assignment Helpful Information – Finding Articles on Research Designs*** This announcement will show you what I just explained above on how to find articles.
I hope this helps.
I also attached an outline for the week 3 assignment that you may find helpful in writing your assignment.
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