Evaluation of a Qualitative Report
Please select one of the two example studies we read this week: 1) Cripe (2017) or 2) McKelvy & Chatterjee (2017). Please identify the study you are focusing on in the subject line of your post. In the body of the post, identify the communication research method used for the study. Next critique the quality of the study's results. Please be specific and use at least 2 of the criteria outlined this week for evaluating the findings in a qualitative report.
Readings:
1. Plano Clark, V. L., & Creswell, J. W. (2010). Qualitative data analysis and results: Examining what was found in a study (pp. 277-294). In Understanding research: A consumer’s guide. Pearson: Upper Saddle River, NJ.
2. Pyrczak, F. (2017). Evaluating Analysis and Results Sections: Qualitative Research. Evaluating Research in Academic Journals : A Practical Guide to Realistic Evaluation (pp.111-122). London: Routledge.Ebsco ebook
3. Cripe, E. T. (2017). “You Can’t Bring Your Cat to Work”: Challenges Mothers Face Combining Breastfeeding and Working. Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, 18(1), 36-44. doi:10.1080/17459435.2017.1294615
(https://www-tandfonline-com(dot)proxy1(dot)library(dot)jhu(dot)edu/doi/full/10.1080/17459435.2017.1294615)
4. McKelvy, L., & Chatterjee, K. (2017). Muslim Women’s Use of Internet Media in the Process of Acculturation in the United States. Qualitative Research Reports In Communication, 18(1), 18-26. doi:10.1080/17459435.2016.1247112via Communication & Mass Media Complete
(https://www-tandfonline-com(dot)proxy1(dot)library(dot)jhu(dot)edu/doi/full/10.1080/17459435.2016.1247112)
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Evaluation of a Qualitative Report
This discussion post is based on Cripe’s (2017) research which explored perceptions of women concerning integrating breastfeeding and working and the factors related to support communication by peers and leaders that impact their success at integrating these quests. The study employed a qualitative communication research method. The author interviewed mothers participating in breastfeeding support groups to collect their views and perspectives concerning factors that undermined their capacity to integrate working and breastfeeding (Cripe, 2017). It is a qualitative study because the collected data include human perception and experiences and cannot be evaluated using mathematical approaches (Ridzuan et al., 2018). In this study, Cripe formulated research questions to guide the interview, thus understanding the pertinent issues related to the research aim.
The study’s results are satisfactory because they meet the criteria outlined in Pyrczak’s (2017) guide on evaluating academic articles. First, the study’s results are adequately supported by descriptions and quotations of partic...
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