For this assessment you will craft a qualitative research question based on the hospital-acquired condition you selected for the Research Problem and Purpose Statements, as well as examine qualitative methodologies and data collection strategies that would enable you to answer your research question. The length requirement will be 2 to 5 pages in length.

SCORING GUIDE MUST BE FOLLOWED TO THE LETTER

Resources:

Research Questions

• Vogt, W. P., Gardner, D. C., & Haeffele, L. M. (2017). When to use what research design. New York, NY: Guilford:
  • Part I introduction, "Research Questions and Designs," pages 9–14.
    • This provides an introduction to research questions and research designs.
• Review the Vila Health: Formulating a Research Question | Transcript media piece as needed for more guidance on how to construct a research question.

Qualitative Methods

• Babbie, E. R. (2017). The basics of social research (7th ed.). Boston, MA: Cengage. Available from the Bookstore.
  • Chapter 10, "Qualitative Field Research," pages 295–330.
    • This chapter presents various qualitative field research methods and theories. This may help you to identify a methodology that will help to answer the research question you develop for the Qualitative Research Questions and Methods assessment.
• Bourgeault, I., Dingwall, R. & De Vries, R. (Eds.). (2010). The SAGE handbook of qualitative methods in health research. London, England: Sage.
  • Chapter 10, "Qualitative Methods from Psychology."
    • This chapter examines qualitative methods for health research that can help generate rich data for in-depth analysis.

Qualitative Data Tools

• Hardy, M., & Bryman, A. (Eds.). (2004). Handbook of data analysis. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
  • Part V, "Analyzing Qualitative Data," just the section titled "Tools for Qualitative Data Analysis."
    • This chapter provides an overview of potential tools and methods for analyzing data from a qualitative research study.
• Hotham, E. D., Ali, R. L., & White, J. M. (2016). Analysis of qualitative data from the investigation study in pregnancy of the ASSIST version 3.0 (the alcohol, smoking and substance involvement screening test). Midwifery, 34, 183–197.
  • This article show an example of a research study that utilizes qualitative data collection and analysis tools.

Optional – Research Designs and Tools

Vogt, W. P., Gardner, D. C., & Haeffele, L. M. (2017). When to use what research design. New York, NY: Guilford.

• Chapter 1, "When to Use Survey Designs."
• Chapter 2, "When to Use Interview Designs."
• Chapter 3, "When to Use Experimental Designs."
• Chapter 4, "When to Use Naturalistic and Participant Observational Designs."
• Chapter 5, "When to Use Archival Designs: Literature Reviews and Secondary Data Analyses."
• Chapter 6, "When to Use Combined Research Designs."