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Week 5 (due Wednesday by 11 pm)
Assignment: PARTICIPANT SELECTION
Recall from your previous research classes that creating a sample for a qualitative study is guided by very different principles than for those that guide quantitative study.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To prepare for this Discussion:
There are “rules of thumb” that guide each qualitative approach. Review Patton’s chapter on sampling types, and study sampling strategies in research articles on the approach you have chosen.
Review the articles on data saturation and theoretical saturation, and consider which criteria you will follow to estimate “how many.” Remember, in qualitative research, one case can be enough. If your phenomenon is complex or you are interested in a range of experiences, then you will need more cases.
Reflect on your research problem and question. What are the essential characteristics of participants that you want to recruit?
BY DAY 3
Prepare a Discussion post in which you address the following:
Present the most current version of your research question and state the phenomenon of interest.
Describe the criteria for inclusion and exclusion.
Describe in detail the choices for sample size, data saturation, and theoretical saturation. Justify your choices with citations of research studies that use the same strategy and/or of methodological articles that describe the rationale.
Put yourself in the participant’s position, and consider the assurances you would want to hear to ensure that your privacy is respected and that your identity will not be revealed when the study is published. Include those assurances in your invitation.
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Week 5 (due Wednesday by 11 pm)
Assignment: PARTICIPANT SELECTION
Recall from your previous research classes that creating a sample for a qualitative study is guided by very
different principles than for those that guide quantitative study.
WEEKLY RESOURCES
To prepare for this Discussion:
There are “rules of thumb” that guide each qualitative approach. Review Patton’s chapter on sampling
types, and study sampling strategies in research articles on the approach you have chosen.
Review the articles on data saturation and theoretical saturation, and consider which criteria you will
follow to estimate “how many.” Remember, in qualitative research, one case can be enough. If your
phenomenon is complex or you are interested in a range of experiences, then you will need more cases.
Reflect on your research problem and question. What are the essential characteristics of participants that
you want to recruit?
BY DAY 3
Prepare a Discussion post in which you address the following:
Present the most current version of your research question and state the phenomenon of interest.
Describe the criteria for inclusion and exclusion.
Describe in detail the choices for sample size, data saturation, and theoretical saturation. Justify your
choices with citations of research studies that use the same strategy and/or of methodological articles that
describe the rationale.
Put yourself in the participant’s position, and consider the assurances you would want to hear to ensure
that your privacy is respected and that your identity will not be revealed when the study is published.
Include those assurances in your invitation.
Week 3
Entry:
Summarise the characteristics of the approach of the research article you chose
during your literature search.
In this literature search, a quantitative study employing a latent deprivation methodology
was chosen to explore what influences the sense of being forced to work only for some hours and
how well people can enjoy themselves. The underpinning assumption of this approach is that
deprival occurs among persons who lack fulfilment in terms of essential and nonessential
commodities, with serious repercussions, especially on their happiness levels. It centres its
analysis on the well-being of individuals in certain types of jobs, including unsafe one – parttime work. To investigate the association between involuntary part-time employment and life
satisfaction, the authors analyse data gathered from a broad American college graduate
population and consider monetary and experiential deprivations as potential moderators. In
addition, the design of this research is cross-sectional. This means the researcher gathered
information about financial deprivation, experiential deprivation, and life satisfaction as they
stood across various employment status groups in only one moment. Furthermore, it also looks
into the rate of involuntary part-time employment underprivileged among certain members of
society like females, blacks, gays, etc. This approach makes it possible to see how much being
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forced to work for less time affects a person’s health psychologically and physically and whether
it varies depending on particular factors or characteristics of different groups of individuals.
Summarise the research article, including the citation and sufficient information for
your classmates and Instructor to locate the article.
Allan, B. A., Kim, T., Liu, T. Y., & Deemer, E. D. (2019, September 19). Moderators of
Involuntary Part-Time Work and Life Satisfaction: A Latent Deprivation Approach. Professional
Psychology: Research and Practice. Advanced online publication.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/pro0000268.
Blake A. Allan, Taewon Kim, Tracie Y. Liu and Eric D. Deemer researched how being
forced to work part-time affects one’s satisfaction with life considering their level of material and
nonmaterial deprivations. This study is available from Professional Psychology: Research and
Practice, an online version published in September 2019. With the use of cross-sectional design,
the researchers collected data from a large sample size obtained from US college graduates who
were approximately sixty-one thousand two hundred fifty-one (N = 61,251) in number to analyse
related issues on involuntary part-time employment vis-à-vis happiness. The researchers also
considered the average differentiation in financial and experiential deprivations, life fulfilment
among employees of different social groups, and the incidence rates of involuntary part-time
employment under marginalised populations. This research offers essential information on how
underemployment, such as involuntary part-time work, affects people’s health concerning some
diversity factors.
Present a short critique of that article based on the “R8360 Guidelines for Reading
and Evaluating Qualitative Research Articles” document.
One limitation lies in employing a cross-sectional design, whereby it is only possible to
establish correlations but not causality. Besides, this research concentrates on a particular group
comprising American university graduates, thus further reducing its applicability beyond
different communities. In addition, it would be essential to note that the information used was
self-reported, posing some distortions as people fail to portray what they go through in reality. At
last, why didn’t the study analyse if there are any other things like support from friends and
family or how well someone deals with problems that affect the relationship between involuntary
part-time work and contentment with living
Despite these limitations, this research is necessary because it shows how the welfare of
people who work a few hours against their wishes is affected and identifies gaps that need to be
explored. To overcome some of these limitations in future studies, longitudinal designs, a more
extensive variety of participants and an examination of other variables linked to the association
between involuntary part-time work and subjective well-being should be employed.
Week 2:
Entry: Discussion Forum
Garcia et al. (2022) present a structured analysis of the ramifications that the COVID-19
pandemic has had on professionals dealing with intimate partner violence (IPV) and
the operations of the organizations within which they function, with a particular focus on the
context of the United States. Employing semi-structured interviews with 53 IPV advocates
between June and November 2020, the study delineates the selection criteria for participants,
ensuring a focus on individuals directly engaged with survivors, those who identify as IPV
advocates, are affiliated with U.S.-based agencies, and possess a competent level of English. The
objective of this investigation was to explore the personal adversities advocates encountered
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amidst the pandemic, the strategic adjustments implemented by agencies to persist in their
support for IPV survivors, and the distinct obstacles faced by agencies tailored to serve specific
cultural communities. The analysis culminated in the articulation of five principal themes that
collectively depict the experiences shared by the study participants. These encompass the
significant personal repercussions for advocates, the inventive responses of agencies to the
pandemic, and the exacerbated
The adherence to the qualitative research framework maintained, presenting a research
question that is precisely aligned with the objectives inherent to qualitative inquiry. This
alignment is evident in its examination of the experiences of IPV advocates during the COVID19 pandemic. As aforementioned, the study employs a descriptive qualitative methodology,
effectively capturing the realities that IPV advocates confront, thereby ensuring that the findings
are rooted in the lived experiences of the participants. Nevertheless, the manuscript could be
enhanced by providing a more detailed exposition of the thematic analysis process, specifically
regarding the rationale underpinning the sample size. The involvement of 53 participants
necessitates a more thorough justification, particularly in terms of achieving thematic saturation,
and raises questions regarding the extent to which the data comprehensively encapsulate the
spectrum of experiences among IPV advocates. While the identification of themes such as the
personal impact on advocates and the adaptive strategies of agencies yields valuable insights, the
discussion omits a consideration of the long-term sustainability of these adaptations.
Finally, the analysis does not adequately address how the pandemic has altered the
operational and advocacy paradigms of IPV agencies for the foreseeable future. The examination
of challenges encountered by culturally specific agencies, though perceptive, would be enriched
by an in-depth analysis of structural inequities and their intensification during the pandemic,
potentially guiding more precise interventions and support mechanisms. Although the study’s
strengths lie in its articulate presentation of the qualitative approach and its comprehension of the
pandemic’s ramifications, these areas of shortfall, where additional depth and foresight could
have amplified the discourse and implications of the research, marginally diminish its
contributions.
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