Assignment 3

In Part 1 of your Major Assignment 1, you examined a problem and created a problem statement for your topic of study. You also began your research to support the problem you identified. For this week, you will work on Part 2 where you will write your purpose statement, a justification for your qualitative study, and your research question.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review the Learning Resources related to research design and methods.
• Review the Detailed Major Assignment 1 Guidelines for proper formatting of your paper.
• Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help for additional information.
• Use the Course Guide and Assignment Help to continue your search for the three articles related to your personal topic of study. You will need one literature review meta-analysis article, one theory article, and one research article. The research article may either be from a quantitative or qualitative perspective. (Note: You previously used this research article for your Discussion 2 in Week 3.) 
• You will continue your work on your Annotated Bibliography that will contribute to your research topic for the final Assignment. 

Part 2

• Write a purpose statement using terminology of qualitative research. The purpose statement should contain:
  1. A statement using the following template: The purpose of this qualitative study is to[choose one: explore, describe, understand, explain] the meaning/experience/culture/stories of [phenomenon of interest] in [population/setting].
  2. A justification of why the purpose of your study is suited for the qualitative approach in terms of:
     • The phenomena you choose
     • The “fit” with a constructivist epistemology and ontology
     • The relevance of the naturalistic setting or context to the phenomena of interest

     Based on your knowledge of reflexivity, explain your relationship to the problem; and the issues of bias and positionality to be addressed. Include a brief description of the setting and possible sources of data.

• Write a research question using terminology of qualitative research.
  
  The research question should incorporate and mirror the purpose statement using the following template: What is the meaning/experience/culture/stories of [phenomenon of interest] in [population/setting]?
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• Include your updated Annotated Bibliography section.