Web Exercise Assignment: Go to the RTI International website at www.rti.org/ (Links to an external site.) and conduct a search for “qualitative methods” Now choose two or three interesting research reports or articles to find out more about the topic. Explore the reports to find out what information they provide regarding field work, what kinds of projects are being done that involve field research, and the purposes that specific field research methods are being used for? What did you learn about qualitative methods (field work, participant observation, interviewing, document analysis)?

Lab Work Assignment: Add a qualitative component to your proposed research. You can choose to do this with participant observation, interviews, ethnography, focus groups. Pick the method that seems most likely to help answer the research question for your overall research proposal. For example, which qualitative inquiry approach will yield the best data for your study: Narrative, Phenomenological, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Case Study)? Explain your approach to inquiry and procedures for your proposal.

Lab Work Assignment Due: All web exercises and lab work assignments: Answer the following questions for part three of your assignment: Which methodological approach will you utilize in your research proposal?: If Qualitative: Narrative, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, Case Study? Explain your approach to inquiry (qualitative/quantitative) and procedures. Will you conduct a variable-oriented or case-oriented study? Write a brief statement justifying the approach you choose.