Adelphi University School of Social Work SW 557 Social Work Research I Common Assignment for Qualitative Research Methods Please read the following article: Altman‚ J.C. (2003). A qualitative examination of client participation in agency-initiated services. Families in Society‚ 84‚ 4‚ 471-479. This study explored the decisions of nonvoluntary clients to accept or decline agency-initiated social services. Practice implications are discussed with an emphasis on the importance of seeking and respecting
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design as “the researcher’s overall for answering the research question or testing the research hypothesis”. This study focuses on the opinion of nurses on pain in patients that suffer from dementia. The research approach is non-experimental‚ qualitative‚ exploratory-descriptive and contextual. 3.2.1 Non-experimental research According to Polit et al (2001:178)‚ non-experimental research is used in studies whose purpose is description and where it is unethical to manipulate the independent
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Introduction Longitudinal Qualitative Research is a relatively recent development which has yet to be fully articulated as a coherent methodology (Neale & Flowerdew‚ 2003:189)‚ although examples of this style of research can be traced back several decades. There are few books which deal with it in any depth (although see Saldana‚ 2003). In this essay I am going to; outline longitudinal qualitative research (QLR); address the main features of it; provide an outline of its strengths and weaknesses;
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Initial post Comparing Qualitative and Quantitative Approaches Researchers often times are faced with the decision of choosing a methodology of research; either Quantitative or Qualitative that they think best fits their study and objectives. This choice is guarded by the topic of study‚ the advantages and disadvantages‚ and the strengths and weaknesses of using either one or the other type of the methodologies. Researchers are sometimes using Quantitative and Qualitative research methodologies interchangeably
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The Meaning of Qualitative Research an Understanding of It Eric Oliver Flores MGMT801 Research and Writing I Maureen Clemmons October 15‚ 2011 Colorado Technical University Abstract In this paper an accepted and cultured common agreement and understanding of what Qualitative Research does really means‚ as it is understood will be presented. Through reflections of the material there’s a need to seek and review established definitions and in doing so there’s a possibility to arrive at
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Database To find this article‚ I did a general search in the Walden Library for the terms Methadone‚ counseling‚ and qualitative. For the word Methadone‚ I indicated that term as a “subject term”; for the term counseling‚ I indicated that term an “all text” term. I simply added qualitative as a searchable term. I limited results to full text‚ peer reviewed scholarly journals published between March‚ 2012 and March‚ 2017. The resulting article was found in Education Source Database. Purpose of the
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Research Methods for Postgraduate Study Qualitative Research Objectives for today When you have satisfactorily completed this topic you will be able to: Classify research interviews and understand their purpose Understand when to undertake interviews Understand the advantages and disadvantages of interviews Case Studies Action Research Observation Ethnography lbic.navitas.com navitas.com Qualitative Methods When should I use qualitative methods? When variables cannot be quantified
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design as a plan or blueprint of how a researcher intends conducting a research. The qualitative research design was used in this study. Data was collected from an interpretative perspective thus provided a holistic understanding of how participants related and interacted with each other in this study (Maree‚ 2010). An exploratory design was also used to explore and answer the research questions. Qualitative research design is flexible and exploratory in nature. This method allows the researcher
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Unit 6: Critiquing Qualitative and Quantitative Research Kaplan University July 16‚ 2013 Unit 6 Critiquing Qualitative and Quantitative Research The research conducted by Foster-Fitzpatrick‚ Ortiz‚ Sibilano‚ Marcantonio and Braun (1999) is a quantitative study of the significance of crossing the legs while blood pressure is being measured. The purpose of the research was to determine whether leg-crossing impacted the results of blood pressure measurements. The research conducted by Palese‚ Skrap
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they will require assistance in organizing diverse instructional activities (Blau & Peled‚ 2012). This qualitative‚ narrative case study examined teachers’ attitudes towards technology (e.g.‚ wireless laptops‚ tablets‚ iPads‚ computers‚ and any form of portable technology) within a rural school district and reasons they should be used in tandem with the classroom pedagogy. A qualitative‚ narrative case study research method will be applied along with the research design‚ population and
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