How To Critique A Qualitative Study

The purpose of this paper is to critique a qualitative research article written by Throy Campbell (2015) entitled: A Phenomenological Study on International Doctoral Students’ Acculturation Experiences at a U.S. University. After providing a brief summary of the study, I will evaluate all elements that influence the believability and the robustness of the study, such as writing style, significance of the study, methodology, etc, and explain how the study contributes to its field and how the study contributes to understanding of qualitative research.
Summary
Campbell (2015) conducted a qualitative study using a phenomenological method in order to investigate acculturation experiences of international doctoral students in the U.S. The focus was international students from different countries across the world, including Asia, Europe, Middle East and North Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean, North America, and Sub-Saharan Africa and Oceania countries. The data collected through a demographic questionnaire and semi-structured interviews from ten foreign graduate students who were enrolled in doctoral programs at
In the introductory section, he discussed the reasons of conducted this study on international students and supported his claim with some previous research. In the literature section, Campbell first discussed the challenging experiences that undergraduate and master international students went through during their study at U.S. universities although the study just focused on international students in doctoral level. Moreover, Campbell covered all themes of the study with relevant literature; however, he did not provide any synthesis or analysis of the literature to understand the gaps that exist. In the end of this section, he stated the purpose of the study and clearly identified four research