Research design

Students are required to make main posts (three to four paragraphs) that address the specific discussion and peer review posts (responses to his or her classmates’ posts that are two to three paragraphs each).  All posts must utilize and cite material from the unit’s course information/readings, including complete internal citations and a reference list.  Each post is worth 8 points.

What are substantive postings? Substantive postings include:

• Responding to discussion questions as well as discourse between students related to subject matter within the course. This includes posting responses to others’ answers within a Discussion Area. A response may express agreement with or challenge to the point of view expressed, supported by references (citations) to the text or lecture.
• Contributing to the discussion based upon course content, theory, or personal experiences, not simply personal opinion.

This unit students are required to make one main post in each of the discussion questions, with one peer review post in either question (3 total posts- 2 main and 1 peer).

INDICATE, BY NUMBER, WHICH QUESTION YOU ARE RESPONDING TO WHEN MAKING YOUR POSTS.

Question 1

Explain the usage of case studies in research design, including relative to your research proposal?

Question 2

What are you most interested in studying? In one sentence state the essence of this study, then write your research title. Using your formulated research topic to help determine your research question, list five key terms and use these to do a database search for peer reviewed journal articles. What were the outcomes of your database search? How did you modify your search terms to achieve a successful search? Which databases were most useful to you and why?

Answer preview

From the database search in Google scholar and Proquest, I modified the search terms by using words that have a close relation. For instance, words like public administration, administrator, and government helped find relevant articles (Proquest, n.d.). Instead of using the term domestic issues, I selected the word domestic violence to enhance specificity (Google Scholar, 2016-2021). As a result, I got several peer-reviewed articles that I can utilize to support the findings from my study. The most helpful database was Google Scholar. In this regard, it provided a wide range of articles that establish policies that have been implemented, public administration interventions in different countries like China, the USA, and the UK. Overall, the database search was informative, and the articles discovered may contribute to the literature of the proposed study.

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