There are six main qualitative research designs, which all serve specific research purposes. The six qualitative research designs include 1) case study, 2) ethnography, 3) phenomenological study 4) grounded theory study, 5) narrative inquiry, and 6) content analysis. For this discussion, you will find similarities and differences among the six designs, as well as determine which design approach may be suitable for your selected topic. As you learn about the six qualitative research designs, think about how you could potentially use one or more of these designs to conduct your own study based on your selected topic from Week 1.
Prior to beginning work on this discussion,
Read Chapter 8 of the textbook.
Choose three of these six qualitative research designs you are most interested in exploring regarding your topic.
In your initial discussion forum post,
List the three qualitative research designs you chose.
Discuss two similarities that these three designs have in common.
Discuss two or three ways that these three designs differ from one another.
Explain, briefly, how one of these qualitative research designs could be used to design a study related to your selected topic.