ANALYZINGMETHODOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO APPLY IN
QUALITATIVE RESEARCH
Overview
Important:Use the feedback youhave received throughout this course to revise
the content you write for this assignment.
In this fourth and final assignment, you will write a paper that compares two
different methodological approaches that could be applied for the same research
topic.
The essential aspectsof qualitative research you will write about in this paper are
usually included in qualitative research proposals. This final paper will
expandupon and strengthen the essential aspects of qualitative research that
you wrote about in thefirst three assignments. You will revise and refine the
content from those papers based upon feedback you have receivedand what
you have learned during this course, and use your revised content as the
foundation for this assignment.For this final course paper, you will complete the
following for each of yourtwo selected methodological approaches:
State the research question.
State a rationale that is supported with research theory.
Develop a plan for gathering data related to the research topic.
Explain how the data would be analyzed.
Address ethical issues that may be present with the data
collection and analysis.
Support your ideas for the data collection plans and data analysis
strategies with the appropriate academic sources.
Requirements
Your assignment should also meet the following requirements:
APA guidelines: Double-spaced paragraph formatting in the body of the paper. When appropriate, use APA-formatted headings. Resources and citations are formatted according to current