Qualitative psychological research

Case Analysis 9.15: Academic Fraud The following is a case study analysis of Case 9:15 Academic Fraud. This particular case involves, three individuals, one of which is a graduate student by the name of Sam. Sam is currently in his second year of his master’s program. The second individual mentioned in this case is, Dr. Milton. Dr. Milton is a very thorough and caring mentor at the same university that Sam is attending. The third individual mentioned in this case, serves a pivotal role to…

assumptions must be valid or the study is worthless (Leedy & Ormrod, 2010). Creswell (2013) postulated four fundamental philosophical assumptions. Assumption 1: Ontological assumption: Concerns the nature of reality, that is, a view that qualitative study is assuming the notion of several truths, such as the use of several types of evidence in themes using the actual words of different participants and presenting different perspectives (Creswell, 2013). The ontological assumptions made for this…

ones self awareness. Hence, sharpening of ones own reflection, writing, thinking, and ability to communicate (Janesick, 2011, p. 154). I never thought of journal writing as a tool for research or scholarly writing, but when it comes to qualitative research, I can see how it could be beneficial. Qualitative research is largely based on the thoughts, perceptions, and beliefs of the subject under study; so in essence, when one is journal writing they are both the researcher and the one under study…

This essay in addressing the recycling behaviours and attitudes of undergraduate students, will focus upon, group discussions as a suitable qualitative method for this case scenario. Through examining the target group and the different aspects of group discussions, the essay will show that this method is appropriate for the research objectives. Although there are certain disadvantages of forming group discussions, the university environment helps in overcoming some of these issues. Especially,…

their assent to participate in the research study. All participants will be informed that their questionnaire answers and assessment results will be kept confidential. In addition, all students and their parents will be informed that they may withdraw from the study at any time, without providing a reason. Participants will be learning a unit of instruction that is aligned with the curriculum and is comprised of grade-level appropriate skills. Because the research study involves expected…

The type of research that will be used to determine the relationship whether low social support among the elderly increases risk of depression is a quantitative observational study. This type of study involves data that can take on numerical values (Salazar, Crosby & Diclemente, 2015). The reason this type of research will be used in this study because it involves measuring frequency of responses or written responses that can be quantified. For instance, in this study the data collection…

second category is practitioners’ EMI documents, which comprise of content lecturers’ EMI teaching materials (i.e. course syllabus, input teaching materials, classroom activities, tasks and lesson plans). These documents will be collected in the research…

3.1 research questions and research design The major purpose of this thesis is to investigate teacher’s perspectives and their practices regarding TBLT in New Zealand and China as well as the contextual factors leading to the differences among their implementation of TBLT. Teachers’ principles and practices are compared to promote our understanding about TBLT, specifically the influence of the contextual factors on its implementation in China and New Zealand. This chapter describes the…

ANALYSIS OF A CASE STUDY RESEARCH ARTICLE Instructor: Done By: Due Date: An analysis of a case study research article Introduction A case study research is normally conducted to look into a particular challenge in a large number of people. Case studies are conducted along with previous researches to enhance or create a particular theory. . In this essay, the CASP rubric is used to analyze a research article in order to assess the quality of the research. The article examined in this…

Are You in the Mood? Therapist Affect and Psychotherapy Process Literature Review: Chui, Hill, Kline, Kuo, and Mohr (2016) presented a significant research for the readers since psychotherapy research is one the main research areas in counseling psychology. In addition, since therapist’s affect in psychotherapy process is a less researched are make the article more appealing to the readers. Researchers first sought to take description of therapist-reported state affect at pre-session,…