Unless otherwise stated, all assignments are due no later than 5:00 PM CST on Mar 8 .

• Read the following website which provides an excellent summary of Grounded Theory from conception to reporting results.
• Read the following website which provides an introduction to Ethnographic Research.
• Go to the John C. Pace library online and find a journal article that uses a qualitative approach, hopefully on a topic you are interested in.
  • Identify the main research questions and purpose of the study.
  • Identify the qualitative approach used.
  • Identify the type of data collected (interviews, focus groups, documents of some kind, email, etc.).
  • Identify the participants used.
  • Write the reference for the article, the main research questions and purpose, approach used, types of data, and participants.  Check the quality of your work by comparing it with the model responses.
  • Post your work in the Week 8 Lesson 1 dropbox in eLearning.

Need Help?: A sure bet to find a qualitative design is to look up ethnographies or social validation studies or focus groups. Often, research in the area of culture, ethnicity, and social class are good places to find qualitative research. Sometimes the authors will identify the qualitative nature of the study within the title, so you can even search by the term "qualitative" and find something.

If you need additional help, seek assistance from the library. Call them, complete the remainder of the tutorials online, or go to the library and ask for assistance.

Please note: For this course, please upload ALL files to Elearning as Rich Text Format (RTF) rather than word docs.

When you save an assignment in Word, you have the option of choosing "Save As" from the file menu. When you do that, you can select the "File Type" in the window that pops up. Please use the drop down menu under "File Type" to choose Rich Text Format (RTF) before you upload any files to Elearning.