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Assignment 1 Briefing • Not an essay- no introduction and conclusion required. But could organise content under headings (perhaps guided by rubric) Step 1: Students must find a published qualitative research report. The report must: • Be relevant to their area of study (policing , criminology, social work, tourism , planning etc) • Discuss research that used qualitative methods (data collection and analysis). This can be part of a mixed method design • Have been published in the last 10 years (post 2010) • NOT be a journal article (instead look for government, non-profit or other organisational report) • NOT be a report used in 101552 Applied Social Research for teaching purposes i.e. in lectures, tutorial s or workshops. • Students must find their own report. Critical Review 1- Qualitative research- 30%; 3rd April 2020, 11:59pm 1200 word critical review (of the published qualitative research report) Identify who has done the research (organisation, institution, individual, group of individuals etc) and why the research w as undertaken ( e.g . to inform policy, to evaluate a program ) • Identify the research question/s and aims • Provide a brief summary of the qualitative method (including data collection and analysis) Reference here: Qualitative research report of your choice Evaluate the success of the research report- 5 additional scholarly references You are evaluating the quality of the report and not the findings with other reports of similar nature Research Success 1. Were there a clearly defined research question/aim? 2. See whether research answered the research question and achieved the aims stated 3. Were the methods appropriate- data collected (type of the data), methods of data collection ( eg sampling methods- are they suited to qualitative research, confidentiality- ethics) Also, If the data was appropriately and thoroughly analysed, if the results were clearly presented in the report. (Think about the data analysis method and how the data was presented ) 4. If the limitations of the research were discussed or addressed by researchers?(Researcher Bias , Researchers’ qualifications, sampling and exclusions) Evaluating the limitations of the report The relationship between who funds the research and research aims and outcomes Researcher’s qualifications and associations with particular organisations/institutions and how this may impact research outcomes Eg: Think who is the researcher working for. Could that corrupt the findings. Methodological limitations such as participant recruitment, sampling limitations/exclusions, sample size etc Some points for you to think. Sampling Types (Bryman 2016, pp.413-417 Purposive sampling- target population with respect to your research questions Snowball sampling- Network sampling What kind of sampling did they use? Did sample size matter? Make sure it is a primary research- research the organisation who published the research report have undertaken the research themselves Possible heading suggestions- Research aims, Methods, Evaluation etc. Be guided by marking rubric