Course Name: Interpretation and Data Analysis
Self-reflective Scholarly Paper. ( Due February 6) Criteria: 5-6 double-spaced pages (excluding cover and references); APA 6th Edition ( Please include page number to your in-text citation); First Person preferred. This paper has three parts: Please use headings for each part or section:
Part 1 – Personal Values, Attitudes, and Beliefs In our text, Qualitative research: Analyzing life, on pages 64-65, Saldaňa, J., & Omasta, M. (2018) define Value, Attitude, and Belief. (I have attached the textbook page along with the order for you to use as a guide). Using their definitions as a guide, please describe your values, attitudes, and beliefs about nursing research. What kind of researcher do you want to become ( for this question, I prefer to be a qualitative researcher as an answer if possible. I have attached an article that describe qualitative research, please use it as a reference)? What is your attitude toward different kinds of research (quantitative, qualitative, critical)? What has shaped your attitudes about research over your career?
Part 2 – Identify a human experience that you would like to explore as a researcher. Please pick one from the following example (e.g. grieving, feeling stigmatized, loneliness, experience of living in poverty, feeling hopeful, resilience). Briefly explain the phenomenon you chose using a scholarly article. What are your values, attitudes, and beliefs about this phenomenon that you have chosen? How are your values, attitudes and beliefs about your chosen phenomenon reflected in a creative expression. Reflect on how you have come to feel and think this way about the phenomenon as you reflect on your creative expression.
Part 3 – Find two scholarly papers on your phenomenon of interest (The phenomenon or human experience that you chose from the above list). One paper should be aligned with your values/attitude/beliefs and the other should oppose or be different than your. own values/attitudes /beliefs. Write about the difference in the papers, especially the findings. Describe your comfort and discomfort with these two papers regarding the representation of your phenomenon of interest.
Below is the citation of the qualitative article that I added to the order.
Austin, Z., & Sutton, J. (2014). Qualitative research: getting started. The Canadian journal of hospital pharmacy, 67(6), 436-40.
