Research Design Review currently includes 180 articles concerning quantitative and qualitative research design issues. As in recent years, the articles published in 2017 generally revolved around qualitative research, addressing the many concerns in qualitative research design and ways to help the researcher achieve quality outcomes throughout the research process.
“Qualitative research design: A collection of articles from Research Design Review published in 2017″ is a compilation of the 20 articles in 2017 pertaining to a wide variety of qualitative research design issues:
- Quality & Quality Frameworks, such as “The ‘Quality’ in Qualitative Research Debate & the Total Quality Framework” and “The Three Dominant Qualities of Qualitative Research”
- Qualitative Data Gathering, such as “Re-considering the Question of ‘Why’ in Qualitative Research”
- Qualitative Data Transcripts & Analysis, such as “The Limitations of Transcripts: It is Time to Talk About the Elephant in the Room”
- Qualitative Reporting, such as “The Many Facets of a Meaningful Qualitative Report”
- Specific Methods – Ethnography, such as “The Five Observer Roles in Ethnography”
- Specific Methods – Content Analysis, such as “The Unique Quality of Qualitative Content Analysis”
- Mixed Methods Research, such as “Making Connections: Practical Applications of the Total Quality Framework in Mixed Methods Research”
Psychology (SQIP, a section of Division 5 of the American Psychological Association) starts off with an article titled 
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