Research Methods & Analytical Approach Evaluation
Budget: £20 – £250 GBP
Provide a critical evaluation of TWO research methods and ONE analytical approach of your choice. Ensuring you clearly recognize the relevant ethical considerations, epistemological, ontological and paradigmatic positions of each.
1. Research method – questionnaires – 1000 words
2. Research method – interviews – 1000 words
3. Analytical approach – thematic analysis – 2000 words
To successfully complete this assignment, you will need to ensure that you:
• Draw on and cite relevant academic literature and, where appropriate, theory.
• That your writing is precise, concise and maintains a formal academic style.
• Include examples of published studies that have taken similar approaches to those being explored in your assignment
• Explore ethical considerations of the approaches being explored in your assignment
• Explore the epistemological, ontological and paradigmatic positions of the approaches being explored in your assignment
• This assignment is a critical evaluation of 3 elements, and you do not need to link them
• You do not need to link them to your paradigm
• Indicate the type of research best suited to the research method or analytical approach
• Draw on and cite relevant published studies to illustrate the points you are making
• Harvard referencing
• 4,000 words constituting 90% of the overall mark
Research method:
Context
What is it
How, when and where they are used
Philosophical underpinning – Paradigm, Ontology, Epistemology
Key Features
Participant recruitment
Benefits
Drawbacks
Ethical considerations
Use examples from published studies
Include these references as well as other recent ones:
Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2019) 'Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis', Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, 11(4), pp. 589-597.
Braun, V. and Clarke, V., 2024. A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International. Health Promotion International, 39(3), p.daae049.
Eyisi, D., 2016. The usefulness of qualitative and quantitative approaches and methods in researching problem-solving ability in science education curriculum. Journal of education and practice, 7(15), pp.91-100.
Arksey, H. and O’Malley, L. (2005) ‘Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), pp. 19–32. doi: 10.1080/1364557032000119616.
Levac, D., Colquhoun, H. & O'Brien, K.,K. 2010, "Scoping studies: advancing the methodology", Implementation Science, vol. 5, pp. 69.
1. Research method – questionnaires – 1000 words
2. Research method – interviews – 1000 words
3. Analytical approach – thematic analysis – 2000 words
To successfully complete this assignment, you will need to ensure that you:
• Draw on and cite relevant academic literature and, where appropriate, theory.
• That your writing is precise, concise and maintains a formal academic style.
• Include examples of published studies that have taken similar approaches to those being explored in your assignment
• Explore ethical considerations of the approaches being explored in your assignment
• Explore the epistemological, ontological and paradigmatic positions of the approaches being explored in your assignment
• This assignment is a critical evaluation of 3 elements, and you do not need to link them
• You do not need to link them to your paradigm
• Indicate the type of research best suited to the research method or analytical approach
• Draw on and cite relevant published studies to illustrate the points you are making
• Harvard referencing
• 4,000 words constituting 90% of the overall mark
Research method:
Context
What is it
How, when and where they are used
Philosophical underpinning – Paradigm, Ontology, Epistemology
Key Features
Participant recruitment
Benefits
Drawbacks
Ethical considerations
Use examples from published studies
Include these references as well as other recent ones:
Braun, V. and Clarke, V. (2019) 'Reflecting on reflexive thematic analysis', Qualitative research in sport, exercise and health, 11(4), pp. 589-597.
Braun, V. and Clarke, V., 2024. A critical review of the reporting of reflexive thematic analysis in Health Promotion International. Health Promotion International, 39(3), p.daae049.
Eyisi, D., 2016. The usefulness of qualitative and quantitative approaches and methods in researching problem-solving ability in science education curriculum. Journal of education and practice, 7(15), pp.91-100.
Arksey, H. and O’Malley, L. (2005) ‘Scoping studies: towards a methodological framework’, International Journal of Social Research Methodology, 8(1), pp. 19–32. doi: 10.1080/1364557032000119616.
Levac, D., Colquhoun, H. & O'Brien, K.,K. 2010, "Scoping studies: advancing the methodology", Implementation Science, vol. 5, pp. 69.