Course Tile: Research Methods

Course Code: 111RMS204

Academic Year: 2015-16

Semester: Fall 2015

ASSIGNMENT1
The Selection of a Research Design

I.
Read each of the articles. As you read, consider if the study is an example
of quantitative or qualitative research. Look for indications of the following aspects
of each study:

Waiting for a liver

Examining
transplant:
contextual factors
in the career
decision status of
African American
adolescents:

Research
design

Case Study

Non-experimental
(Theoretical)

Philosophical
worldview

Constructivism

post-positivist
philosophical view

Strategy of
inquiry

Use of a
phenomenological
strategy of inquiry to
describe the essence
of human
experiences about a
phenomenon as
described by
participants.
Qualitative

Non-experimental
strategy of inquiry

Research methods

Quantitative

II.
Once youve read the studies and identified the design type, make a list of at
least five characteristics that indicate that the study is qualitative or quantitative.

Article 1

Waiting for a liver

Article 2

Examining contextual
factors in the career

transplant:

decision status of African

American adolescents:

- Type of Research is
Qualitative.

- Type of Research is
Quantitative

- Five characteristics that

indicates that the study
is qualitative:
1- Open-ended questions:
What has the experience
been like since you were
placed on the wait list?

- Five characteristics that

indicates that the study
is quantitative:
1- Employ statistical
procedures.
To examine the studys
hypotheses, we conducted a
multivariate multiple
regression analysis

2- Interview Data:
Open-ended interview were
conducted with the
participants, lasting
between 1 and 2 hours.
3- Collects participant
meanings:
The purpose of our
phenomenological study
was to explore what
meaning people with liver
failure ascribe
4- Theory generation:
we developed a description
of the essence of the
experience using
phenomenological research
methods."
5- Themes, patterns
interpretation
we show examples of three
of the eight themes and the
meaning units from which

2- Measure information
numerically:
Eighteen of the CDS items are
presented as a 4-point (1= not
at all like me to 4 = exactly
like me) Likert-type scale
3- Use standards of validity
and reliability:
Evidence of concurrent,
construct, and predictive
validity of the CDS also has
been illustrated in numerous
previous studies
4- Instrument based
question:
My parents and I often
discuss my career plans.
5- Unbiased Approaches
African American adolescents
perceiving higher degrees of
racism reported greater self-

they were derived.

efficacy for career decisionmaking tasks.

III.
Once youve analyzed the articles, you can compare your responses to the
annotations provided in the application tutorial.

Brown Tutorial
Constructivism
Qualitative
Phenomenology strategy of inquiry
Interview data
Open ended questions

Constantine Tutorial
Postpositivism
Quantitative
Nonexperimental strategy of inquiry
Survey data
Statistical interpretation