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  In order for you to select the qualitative research approach that best fits your research question, you will need to develop a deeper familiarity with the approaches available to you.

For this Assignment, you will complete the first half of the Qualitative Research Approaches Matrix Template, which is designed to allow you to compare and contrast qualitative research approaches. 

Review this week’s readings, focusing on the differences among the following four types of qualitative research approaches:

· Generic qualitative inquiry

· Qualitative case study

· Grounded theory and realism

· Phenomenology and heuristic inquiry

Locate the Qualitative Research Approaches Matrix Template in this week’s 

Learning Resources (template is attach to assignment)

Read the examples of research studies provided in this week’s Learning Resources  Some examples can be found at :(http://www.roundskysolutions.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/07/JITP_Vol.812.pdf), 

(https://class.waldenu.edu/bbcswebdav/institution/USW1/201870_27/XX_RSCH/RSCH_8360_WC/readings/USW1_RSCH_8360_Week02_Bowers.pdf)

Select additional readings that focus on specific approaches (Charmaz, K. (2014). Constructing grounded theory (2nd ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE, Moustakas, C. (1994). Phenomenological research methods. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE., Houghton, C., Casey, D., Shaw, D., & Murphy, K. (2013). Rigour in qualitative case-study research. Nurse Researcher, 20(4), 12–17. doi:10.7748/nr2013.03.20.4.12.e326).