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Prior to beginning this assignment, you must complete the Qualitative Research Studies: Part 1 (Peer Feedback) discussion forum and receive feedback from your instructor and classmates. Read the articles by Polkinghorne (2005), Language and Meaning: Data Collection in Qualitative Research, Ryan, Coughlin, and Cronin (2007), Step-by-step Guide to Critiquing Research. Part 2: Qualitative Research, and Shenton (2004), Strategies for Ensuring Trustworthiness in Qualitative Research Projects. Refer to the Writing Center resource Writing an Article Critique (Links to an external site.), to help you analyze and review each article.
This paper is the second part of a two-part integration. Review the discussion threads you, your classmates, and your instructor posted in the Qualitative Research Studies: Part 1 (Peer Feedback) discussion forum. Make note of constructive suggestions, integrate feedback and ideas into your analysis of the articles, and/or identify new qualitative research articles if instructed to do so by your instructor. Incorporate this information into your paper.
Navigate to this week’s discussion forum to review your feedback if necessary.
In your Qualitative Research Studies: Part 2 paper,
- Create complete APA reference entries for three articles that report on qualitative research studies that address your research topic or research focus. Consider accessing the Writing Center’s Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) for more on completing a complete reference entry.
- Critique each research study, identifying the research question or questions, the qualitative research methodology used in the study, the sample for each study, and evidence of any lack of consistency or bias in the way the study was conducted.
- Analyze how the studies are similar in the way each study addressed the research topic and how they are dissimilar, noting which study was more compelling to you and why.
- Evaluate the general concept of trustworthiness in qualitative research studies, as defined by Shenton (2004) and Polkinghorne (2005).
- Review the strengths of each research study that align with Shenton’s criteria for trustworthiness (credibility, transferability, dependability, and confirmability).
- Explain any unresolved questions about your topic of interest that were raised by the studies, and how further research on this topic would augment the findings of the studies you reviewed.
The Qualitative Research Studies: Part 2 paper
- Must be at least 1,200 words in length (not including title, abstract, and reference pages), and formatted according to the Ashford Writing Center’s APA Style (Links to an external site.).
- Must reference at least two scholarly sources (see Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.)), in addition to any required readings cited.
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Running head: QUALITATIVE RESEARCH STUDIES
Qualitative Research Studies
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The research by Kaihlanen, Hietapakka and Heponiemi (2019), sought to explore the
ideologies of nurses towards the aspect of cultural competency training. The authors have clearly
stated the aim of the study in the abstract part of the article. However; the researchers have failed
to mention the research question for the study. In the methodology part of the study, it is clear to
affirm that the researchers embraced both the registered nurses and the practical physicians as the
participants of the study. The participants of the study were provided with semi-structured
interviews to ascertain their ideologies regarding cultural competency training. Although the
authors of the article have explored on the methodology of the study and the participants of the
study, they have not fully justified the rationale for the methods used. The authors of the study
have not fully expounded on the sampling techniques that were used in selecting the participants
for the study. In the data collection part, the researchers have outlined the techniques for
collecting data. According to the article, the authors embraced the use of semi-structured
interviews in the collection of data. Nonetheless; the article has not mentioned the rationale as to
why the interviews were used as a data collection technique. Interviews are appropriate
techniques for collecting data since they give a chance for the researcher to interact with the
respondent and gather in-depth information regarding a particular theme. Notably, the
researchers have stated the method that was deployed in data analysis and the rationale for
deploying the particular technique in data analysis. According to Kaihl...