Module Five    Qualitative Methods: History and Narrative Study of Lives
Learning Objectives 

  Based on the text, state the primary purpose(s) for qualitative research. 

  Based on the text, state the primary purpose(s) for historical research. 

  Based on the text and given the types: ethnographic, case study, grounded theory, participative inquiry, and oral history; compare and contrast these designs. 

  Based on the text, list the ways that qualitative research differs from quantitative research. 

  Given an empirical single-case research article; identify the participant(s), variable(s), setting, data collection, type (ethnographic, case study, grounded theory, and participative inquiry), research question, research hypothesis, data reduction technique(s), and conclusions reached. 

  Given an empirical qualitative research article, evaluate the strength of the research design (include any areas of weakness; i.e., credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmability, authenticity, and emancipatory).  

Qualitative Research 
What do qualitative researchers do? 
Differences between Qualitative and Quantitative Methods 
Why do qualitative research? 
Some types of qualitative research 
 
  Click here to access Module 5 Notes.

Remember to be looking for empirical research articles related to your research question.You should have found at least one by now.

   Evaluating qualitative studies 

Given the empirical qualitative research article, "Class Consciousness and Its Consequences: The Impact of an Elite Education on Mature Working Class Women", (See course packet) answer the following:  

1. Requires student groups to discuss the title and abstract and answer the following: 
  

a. What are the variables or constructs of interest?  

b. Create a reasonable research question 

c. Identify this research question as descriptive, normative, correlative, or impact. Justify your choice. 

d. Identify the procedures for data collection 

e. Identify the sampling procedure 

f. Identify the participants 

g. Identify the type (ethnographic, case study, grounded theory, participative inquiry). Justify your choice. 

h. Identify the method of data reduction. (See Definitions in Module 4 Notes and pages 248-355, Qualitative Analytic Strategies, in your text).

i. Idenitfy the evidence of the credibility, transferability, dependability, confirmabilit, authenticity, and emancipatory nature of the study. 

j. Identify the conclusions reache. Justify your choice. 

k. Did this research emerge primarily from a post-positivist or post-modern philosophical base? Justify your choice. 

   Email your group work to Dr. McConney with the heading, "Evaluating Pualitative Studies." See course syllabus for date assignment is due.  

   Our own research 

Based on your research question presented in Module Two, as a group, describe your population, sample, and method of sampling. 
 

  Submit your work by posting it on the  WebBoard under the heading, "Research Project," See course syllabus for date assignment is due. 
 

  Special Assignment for Group 5 Only

1. For this activity, make sure that you have your assigned grouping. If you don't know your group, first click here to check. Then, if you are not on the list, please Contact the instructor as soon as possible. 

2. Outline Chapter 5 using the format of Chapter 1 outline from Module 1. 
  

  Submit your group work on the   WebBoard under the heading, "Survey Research", See course syllabus for date assignment is due.