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Throughout this course, you have become familiar with
a variety of concepts in qualitative reasoning and analysis. You have explored
the importance of qualitative thinking in research and used your knowledge to
compose your own Qualitative Research Plan. This Application will give you an
opportunity for self-assessment as you analyze your progress in the course.

To prepare for this Application:

  • Assess your progress and
    skills with qualitative reasoning and analysis. Where do you still need to
    improve, and what is your plan for improving these skills?
  • Consider what role this
    course has played in helping you determine an approach to your
    Dissertation topic. Has your original topic and approach changed? Why?
    How? How does this reflect how you have developed as a researcher?
  • To what extent has using
    qualitative research informed your understanding of research in general?
    What about your understanding of how to read the findings of a research
    article?
  • Think about how this course
    fits into your residency Milestones. Are you on track? Have you registered
    for your next residency?
  • Think about any lingering
    questions that you have.
  • You may wish to use the
    Journal entries you made in previous weeks to help guide your thinking.

The assignment:

Compose a 2- to 3-page paper in which you assess your
progress with qualitative reasoning and analysis. Be sure to include examples
and information responding to the questions above. You may also address any
lingering questions you have.

Required Resources

  • Course Text: Qualitative
    Research Design: An Interactive Approach

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    • Chapter
      6, “Validity: How Might You Be Wrong?”
      In this chapter, you will review how to test your research study for
      validity and the two specific validity threats of bias and reactivity.
  • Course Text: Qualitative
    Data Analysis: A Methods Sourcebook

    • Chapter
      10, “Drawing and Verifying Conclusions,” pp. 310 – 321
      In this excerpt from Chapter 10, you will review the standards for the
      quality of conclusions, as well as documentation.
  • Course Text: Qualitative
    Inquiry & Research Design: Choosing Among Five Approaches

    • Chapter
      10, “Standards of Validation and Evaluation”
      This chapter discusses the standards of validation and evaluation in
      qualitative research, including validation strategies, reliability
      perspectives, and evaluation criteria. The reading also compares the
      evaluation standards of the five approaches.
  • Course Text:Patton, M. Q.
    (2015). Qualitative research & evaluation methods (4th
    ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

    • Chapter
      9, “Enhancing the Quality and Credibility of Qualitative
      Analysis”
      In this chapter, you will continue to explore quality and credibility in
      qualitative analysis. You will read about alternative criteria for judging
      quality, strategies for enhancing the quality of an analysis, the
      credibility of a researcher, and increased legitimacy for qualitative
      methods.