• Discussion Research Paradigms – Discuss all primary research paradigms and identify what the
Researcher’s Paradigm is and why.
• Discussion of Design
o Discuss Fixed, Flexible, and Mixed Methods Designs and what types of research each is best suited
to study.
o Discuss the appropriateness of Flexible Designs for this research project and why the others were
not the best choice.
• Discussion of Method
o Discuss Narrative, Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography, and Case Study Methods and what
types of research each are best suited to study.
o Discussion of the appropriateness of Single Case for this research project and why the others
were not the best choice.
• Discussion of Triangulation
o Discuss qualitative methods that will be used for triangulation.
• Summary
