Choose a study that is either quantitative or qualitative

Choose a study that is either quantitative or qualitative

Study Selection
For your course project, you will deconstruct a published research study of your choosing in order to demonstrate your understanding of the elements of research methods and good research design. You will be working with this study throughout the remainder of the course, so choose a research study from the academic literature in your field on either a topic of interest to you or a topic on which you might be interested in doing further research.

Choose a study that is either quantitative or qualitative. The study should meet the following criteria:

It does not use mixed methodology.
It is a primary research study. Studies detailing meta-analyses, theoretical proposals, or opinion papers are not appropriate for this project.
It must report on original research conducted using human participants.
It must be reported in an article that is part of the research literature of your field.
It must have been published in the last 5–7 years.
Based on your assignment submission, your instructor will determine if the study you selected is appropriate for use in the remaining assignments in the course.

You are required to provide the following to complete this assignment:

Provide the reference for your chosen article in APA format.
Provide the persistent link to the article.
Indicate how the study is an appropriate part of the research literature of your field, and provide a short paragraph explaining your reasons why.
Identify whether the research is qualitative or quantitative, and provide a short paragraph explaining your reasons why.
Compose your assignment in a Microsoft Word document.

Refer to the project description and the assignment scoring guide to make sure you meet the requirements of this assignment.

SoE Learners
Examine the acceptable topics of study and methodologies for your specific program in the SoE PhD Programs of Research document from the PhD Dissertation Research in Education Campus page (linked in the Resources). You will be expected to adhere to these guidelines and standards in your dissertation work, so focus your work in the research courses on these topics and methods.

Submit your file in the assignment area.