Analyze Observations, Interviews, Focus Groups, and Document Reviews

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You have been assigned the task of presenting an examination of a direct observation, an individual interview, a focus group interview, and a document analysis to prospective doctoral students. Identify and utilize four peer-reviewed articles, one for each type of the four qualitative data collection strategies, to develop a PowerPoint presentation for your audience. Be sure to address the following in your PowerPoint presentation:

  • Determine and explain the strengths, limitations, challenges, assumptions, and requirements of each qualitative data collection strategy.
  • For each of the four peer-reviewed articles you read, indicate the following:
    • why the data collection strategy was used
    • explain how the data collection strategy addressed the study's research question(s)
    • determine if the data collection strategy sufficiently addressed the study's research question(s).

Incorporate appropriate animations, transitions, and graphics as well as speaker notes for each slide. The speaker notes may be comprised of brief paragraphs or bulleted lists.

Support your presentation with your four selectedscholarly resources. In addition to these specified resources, other appropriate scholarly resources may be included.

Length: 15 slides (with a separate reference slide)

Notes Length: 200-350 words for each slide

Be sure to include citations for quotations and paraphrases with references in APA format and style where appropriate. Save the file as PPT

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Observations, Interviews, Focus
Groups, and Document Reviews
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What is qualitative data?
• Some of the characteristics of qualitative data include:
• They cannot be measured or counted numerically i.e. are non-numeric in
nature
• They are information on qualities
• Are based on approximates and characters

• Qualitative data are used to study behaviors, attitudes, or feelings
of participants
• The most common methods used to capture qualitative data
include direct observation, interviews, focus groups, and
document analyses

1. Observation
• The researcher typically makes descriptive notes of what is
actually happening
• It occurs in the natural setting
• It is the direct observation of happenings, behaviors, or
phenomena
• There are three methods of observation:
• Covert observational research
• Overt observational research
• Participant Observation

Strengths and Limitations
• Strengths
• Can add some sort of flavor to the phenomena
• Leads to greater insights
• Can be used to identify new issues

• Limitations/challenges





Hawthorne Effect challenge
Possibility of missing important facts when writing notes
Possible misjudgments or misunderstandings
Sometimes the researcher may be wowed by a snap shot

Example

• In “Evidence for increased behavioral control by punishment in
children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder,” Furukawa
et al. (2017) employ observation
• Reason:
• The study aimed at a...


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