Assignment: Considerations in Designing a Qualitative Study
Assignment: Considerations in Designing a Qualitative Study
For this assignment, you will examine qualitative research as it relates to qualitative design considerations.
Step 1:
Use the qualitative research article below about childhood trauma leading to adult homelessness andidentify each of the components of the research design and consider what is present and what is missing.
Nooe, R. M., & Patterson, D. A. (2010). The ecology of homelessness. Journal of Human Behavior in the Social Environment, 20(2), 105-152.
Step 2:
Identify what the authors did to document positionality, reflexivity, and bias.
Write 4 paragraphs and post the following:
- A brief statement of the purpose and primary research question the article addresses
- An assessment of how thoroughly the research design was presented, including what was missing
- An assessment of the extent of the researcher’s presentation of positionality, reflexivity, and bias.
Use correct APA style with 2 additional reference in Times Roman 12.

