Understanding Research Design and Approaches – Discussion Post

For this discussion, please address the The first component of this discussion asks you to:

(1) Select a research topic that interests you and also is an important social problem (for example, poverty, homelessness, domestic violence, war, access to healthcare — among many others). Then, use the four combinations of worldviews, designs, and research methods in Figure 1.1 of Chapter 1 of the course text to discuss a project involving your selected research topic that brings together worldview, designs, and methods. Identify whether this would involve quantitative, qualitative, or mixed-methods research.

(2) Describe the social problem you want to research in one sentence and then give your research project an appropriate title.

The next step of this discussion asks you to gain clarity on your proposed topic by:

(3)– Explain what the social problem is that your topic addresses, which identity group in society is most affected by this social problem, and is there a particular place or other unique aspect that is important in relation to the study.

(4) Next, list three keywords related to your topic and use these keywords to do a database search for journal articles on the topic in the XXXX Library ***(I WILL COMPLETE AFTER)***. Indicate the three keywords in your post and list an example of a journal article found for each key word. (Note: Each journal article found must be listed in APA format.) Indicate if you needed to adjust your keywords in order to locate appropriate journal articles for your study, and explain that process.