Assignment Rationale for and Potential Bias in Qualitative Research

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Assignment Rationale for and Potential Bias in Qualitative Research

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QUESTION 1

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Assume the role of a chief researcher for the state Department of
Education who is examining two groups with similar educational
deficiencies. One group involved in the study is a rural, ethnicallydefined, aboriginal group with a high rate of health issues
including diabetes, vision impairment, and heart disease. The
other group is also a rural group living on family-owned farms (as
opposed to corporate farms) that are in severe decline as a result
of years of decreasing rainfall and drought. Both groups exhibit
achievement test scores that are more than one standard
deviation below the mean at all grade levels, and excessive high
school drop-out rates.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of
the assignment:
Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the
assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric
prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar
with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing
assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student
Success Center.
This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly
research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text
citation from each source be included.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Directions:
Use the scenario presented above to write a paper of 1,000-1,250
words that addresses the use of qualitative research as a means
of studying the two groups in the scenario. Include the following
in your paper:
A rationale for using qualitative research methods instead of
quantitative research.
A statement of how the worldviews and paradigms of the
researcher may create bias when applying qualitative research to

the given scenario.
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Assignment Prospectus Draft

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Details:
The 10 Key Strategic Points are the foundation for your research
prospectus. You will be completing a draft of the prospectus
template in this assignment and revising it as you progress in the
dissertation process. This template will be expanded to become
your dissertation.

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General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of
the assignment:
Download the most current version of the Prospectus Template
and the Prospectus Review Checklist from http://dc.gcu.edu.
Instructors will be using a grading rubric to grade the
assignments. It is recommended that learners review the rubric
prior to beginning the assignment in order to become familiar
with the assignment criteria and expectations for successful
completion of the assignment.
Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing
assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student
Success Center.
This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly
research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text
citation from each source be included.
You are required to submit this assignment to Turnitin. Refer to the directions in the
Student Success Center. Only Word documents can be submitted to Turnitin.

Directions:
Complete a draft of the prospectus using information from your
10 Key Strategic Points document.