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Assignment Description

8-10 page, doubles paced paper (excluding cover page and references) in current APA style, submitted as an MS Word document. Support your responses using references from peer-reviewed research articles from the past five years and address the following:

Proposed study is on effectiveness of Autism Spectrum

1. Explain the focus group study approach, the observational study approach, and using case logs. Find peer-reviewed articles that provide examples of using these approaches. Would you use any of these approaches in your proposed study? Explain.

2. Describe and compare three qualitative sampling methods. Which of these approaches is suitable for your research idea? Explain your reasoning.

3. Describe the steps for the participant recruitment process for your qualitative study. How will you ensure that you find participants to allow you an in-depth examination of your area of interest?

4. Explain the specific steps in scheduling and conducting an interview with a participant in a qualitative study (describing the process of finding the participants, explaining the consent process, scheduling a place to conduct the interview, etc.). Describe at least eight steps.

5. Based on the research questions from the case study, write interview questions for each of the research questions. Explain your reasoning for the way the interview questions can be used to answer the research questions.

6. Describe your process of coding and analyzing qualitative data and using themes as categories.

7. Compare the process of analyzing data in qualitative and quantitative studies. What are the main challenges in analyzing qualitative data?

8. Explain the way that you would structure your literature review and include at least five peer-reviewed articles from the past 5 years related to your research interest.