Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study/Prof. Eliud Peterson

Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Research Study

In Week 4, you submitted your Parts 1 and 2 and your Annotated Bibliography to your Instructor for feedback.

For this Major Assignment 1, you will incorporate your Instructor’s feedback if you have not already done so. Also, you will finalize your Major Assignment 1 and complete Part 3: Potential for Social Change section.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
• Incorporate your Instructor’s feedback from your Parts 1 and 2 submission in Week 4 if you have not already done so.
• Update your Annotated Bibliography to include any new articles you have read since Week 4 that would be appropriate to include.
• Continue on to Part 3 and finalize this section for your final submission. Use the Detailed Major Assignment 1 Guidelines to format your paper.

Part 3: Potential for Social Change

• Based on your understanding of social change, write one paragraph to describe how the results of your study might contribute to making a difference at a local/community, regional, or national level.
• Finalize your Annotated Bibliography. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
• Finalize your References section of your paper. Use the Major Assignment 1: Developing a Research Topic for a Qualitative Study Assignment Overview and Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.