Worked some more

I just spent some more time working on my signature assignment (after submitting week 7). The paper/document is now in Google Docs - with all changes tracked:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WwLOiAFpRVQemUsnePZockzf0HcrzXzJUdQMUIsW-fg/edit?usp=sharing

I am already at page 8. I may have to remove some things.

Week 7 assignment submitted

I  completed and submitted the short (1-3 page) week 7 assignment. Here it is:

Qualitative Design Options for a Study

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/315381974_Qualitative_Design_Options_for_a_Study

https://www.academia.edu/31935135/Qualitative_Design_Options_for_a_Study

Working

I spent some time working on the literature review (in my signature assignment). I will now move on to the 1-3 page assignment due this week. I am pretty much finished. I will review and then submit.

It is very interesting that I am finding lots of quantitative papers on my topic...not a lot of qualitative...

Searches and articles...

Working, working, working

Due to activities here, I was without internet connection for a while (so worked on the paper without connecting to the internet) and even stopped working on my assignment for a while. There is a meeting and maybe more here - close to the lab.

When I was working, I made a lot of progress on the signature assignment. I worked on the problem statement some more and thought of research questions and associated hypotheses. At my apartment (and on my computer), I reviewed some of my past papers that included culture for information/articles I could use. I decided on three journal articles I read during that first literature review course (they dealt with culture and online reviews).

Some of what I have so far...

After a few hours...

I made some changes. I also started writing the signature assignment (I am thinking about the signature/week 8 assignment as I work on the week 7 assignment). Time for a break.

The signature assignment paper:

Making progress

I spent some time reviewing research examples to come up with an appropriate research problem and questions. I have an idea what I want to do for the signature assignment. I will finalize later.

I started working on the week 7 paper. It is interesting. I came up with different designs that would test different things/issues (that do not necessarily map to a "cookie-cutter" research methodology such as grounded theory or phenomenology). I need to think about this some more. Maybe I will have designs with names such as "cross-design" or maybe I will figure out what standard methodology is best.

Work continues.

Onto week 7

Upon further review, I think there is a relationship between the week 7 and week 8 assignments (week 8 assignment is the signature assignment). Or maybe I think there should be a relationship. My strategy:
I plan to introduce the study/research in week 7 (briefly) and discuss appropriate methodologies and designs. Then, I will continue the "project" in week 8, providing additional details.

I just decided on an area to focus on. It touches on transparency, collaboration, and strategy using social media. It is very interesting!

Assignment requirements:

What I have so far:

Link to article: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/233604

This all reminds me of a police officer I once assisted in Linden, Guyana (as well as other dealings with police).