The second assignment on the design of surveys/questionnaires for research uploaded to Academia...
Link: https://www.academia.edu/28045897/Responses_to_Specific_Questions_on_Survey_Design

First assignment for Week 11 submitted

I just added a post on mixed methods research (submitted the first assignment for week 11)...

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Almost the end of the course!

I received feedback from the professor on the last paper (the quantitative proposal). He had quite a lot of comments/questions! For the final proposal (the signature assignment), I think I will improve upon the last paper - address the comments/questions etc. This means that it will be a quantitative research proposal. It should also fill the 12 - 15 pages.

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I received my grade for the qualitative proposal with comments from the professor. I had some questions so I sent an email.

Assignment 5 Submitted

I just submitted Assignment 5. I like the paper (available: http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73035final and
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305379219_A_Qualitative_Study_on_Employee_Monitoring)

The assignment made me think of a paper I reviewed for another course (that assignment available here: http://www.slideshare.net/FahmeenaOdettaMoore/moorefbtm73005final). In the paper, the researchers developed typologies. I could do something similar. Very interesting!

Starting work on Assignment 5

The next assignment - assignment 5 - requires additional work on the qualitative study...

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 I need to read more on qualitative research data collection, interviewing etc.

Today, I spent about 30-50 minutes coming up with supplemental research questions that are even more qualitative. I did this away from the computer. Tomorrow, I will type and complete the assignment.

Work continues...

It's a new day! I am again working on my assignment. I have to focus on the qualitative approach for this assignment and I am realizing that there is more to the definition of qualitative research than I realize. Maybe the article I just scanned confused me a little....

Also, there was quite a lot of quantitative analysis in one of the articles from yesterday that used a survey to obtain information from employees. 

I thought my questions were "fully" qualitative. I have to think about this some more. If they are not qualitative, I need new research questions. Work continues.