Designing Qualitative Research
explain criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research and consider the connection of such criteria to philosophical orientations. You will also consider the ethical implications of designing qualitative research.
Designing Qualitative Research
For this Discussion, you will explain criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research and consider the connection of such criteria to philosophical orientations. You will also consider the ethical implications of designing qualitative research.
Post an explanation of two criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research designs. Next, explain how these criteria are tied to epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying philosophical orientations and the standards of your discipline. Then, identify a potential ethical issue in qualitative research and explain how it might influence design decisions. Finally, explain what it means for a research topic to be amenable to scientific study using a qualitative approach.
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Qualitative research refers to the research that is conducted to gain a comprehension of certain opinions and reasoning of human systems. Some of the criteria put forth for the evaluation of the quality of qualitative research designs include validity and relevance. They are tied to epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying philosophical orientations because they are concerned with answering the questions “what do you know?” and “what is there?” Also entailed in this paper are the potential ethical issues in quantitative research, their influence on design decisions and amenability of a research…
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