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Assignment: Developing a Research Topic for Qualitative Studies
Develop a research topic that is appropriate for a qualitative research study. Choose from one of the following subjects to develop the research topic for this assignment: Media bias. Intelligence tests. Employee rights. Medicaid, Medicare reform. Literacy in the United States. Digital age influence.
Write one paragraph that describes your topic.
Write one paragraph that communicates the background of your topic, including the relevant research surrounding this topic. This paragraph will provide the context of this topic.
Write one paragraph that describes the rationale for investigating the topic and why this topic is appropriate for qualitative research.
Write a research question based on this topic that is aligned with each of the five methodological approaches using the research question examples provided this week as a guide. (In other words, write five research questions and indicate which methodology each question represents.) The five methodological approaches are:
1) Ethnography.
2) Case study.
3) Grounded theory.
4) Phenomenology.
5) Generic qualitative inquiry.
Explain how the characteristics of each of the five methodological approaches align with its associated research question.