To complete Assessment Item 1 Reflective Journal 2 you need to complete the following activities: Read and take notes of the following (The notes you take on the readings are not the assignment):
•Crotty, M 1998, the Foundations of Social Research: Meaning and Perspective in the Research Process, Allen & Unwin, St Leonards, NSW. (Ch. 1)
•Relevant chapters of Walter 2013 and/or Bryman 2012 related to methodology, research
design and methods of data collection and data analysis
AND two of the following research articles reporting research.
•Gifford, S, Bakopanos, C, Kaplan, I & Correa-Velez, I 2007, ‘Meaning or measurement? Researching the social contexts of health and settlement among newly-arrived refugee youth in Melbourne, Australia’, Journal of Refugee Studies, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 414-40.
•Supriya Singh (2011): Indian Students in Melbourne: Challenges to Multiculturalism, Journal
of Intercultural Studies, 32:6, 673-689.
•Willis, E, Pearce, M, McCarthy, C, Meagher, S & Wadham, B 2009, ‘Using the Health Hardware Method to Measure Poverty in Indigenous Australia’, International Journal of
Multiple Research Approaches, vol. 3, no. 2, pp. 191-202
Based on your reading, and the lecture and tutorial content, answer the first 3 questions in relation to two of the research articles above:
(I) Identify the methodology/research design for each of the articles you have selected
(ii) Explain in your own words what method(s) have been used to collect the research data. What justification/explanation for choosing these methods was provided by the researchers – ref to text for your answer
(iii) Explain in your own words what method(s) have been used to analyse the research data. What justification/explanation for choosing these methods was provided by the researchers – ref to text for your answer
NOTE: In answering the 3 questions above use your own words and remember to reference the answers you give to the relevant section/page/statements in the each article. Answer the following question in relation to only 1 of the research articles
Answer the following question in relation to only 1 of the research articles:
(IV)Explain in your own words the rationale linking the research process reported in the article from epistemological/theoretical perspective and research purpose through to methodology/research design and the research methods for collection and analysis of the data?
Remember to use in text reference and use page number in answers you give to the relevant section/page/statements in the each article.
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