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Assignment: This discussion will be assessed on a 10-point scale and is worth 4% of your final grade.

Prior to beginning work on this discussion forum, please read the article by Barnham (2015), Quantitative and Qualitative Research: Perceptual Foundations, and the article by Rutberg and Bouikidis (2018), Focusing on the Fundamentals: A Simplistic Differentiation Between Qualitative and Quantitative ResearchLinks to an external site.. Watch the Qualitative vs. Quantitative video, and participate in the interactivity How to Read a Scholarly Article, as well as the embedded video Identifying and Finding Quantitative and Qualitative Research. Refer to the APA Formatting Template to help you correctly cite journal articles.

This discussion forum is the first part of a two-part integration. The peer and instructor feedback you receive in this discussion forum will be integrated and submitted in this week's written assignment.

Begin to gather background information about the topic of interest and the research focus you identified in Week 1. This is the beginning of developing an understanding of the topic and a prelude to narrowing the topic. Identify three peer-reviewed academic journal articles that report on qualitative research studies that address the research topic or research focus of interest to you.

In an initial post of at least 300 words that incorporates and cites information from at least two required resources,

1. Identify and provide a complete APA citation for three articles that report on qualitative research studies that address your research topic or research focus. Consider accessing the Ashford Writing Center's Formatting Your References List for more on completing a complete reference citation.

2. Append your three articles to your initial discussion form post by Day 3.

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3. Identify the characteristics of each article that tell you the study is a qualitative research study, and not a quantitative research study, citing at least two required resources.

4. Assess how these three studies are useful in helping you develop a better understanding of your topic of interest or your research focus, and what you learned from each study.