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Post an explanation of two criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research designs. Next, explain how these criteria are tied to epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying philosophical orientations and the standards of your discipline. Then, identify a potential ethical issue in qualitative research and explain how it might influence design decisions. Finally, explain what it means for a research topic to be amenable to scientific study using a qualitative approach.

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Post an explanation of two criteria for evaluating the quality of qualitative research designs. Next, explain how these criteria are tied to epistemological and ontological assumptions underlying philosophical orientations and the standards of your discipline.

Criteria that could be used for evaluating the quality of qualitative research designs includes evaluating whether the researchers incorporated the use of participant observers, which has been proven to lessen the probability of data being erroneously reported on the research subjects. In addition, another criteria that has proven to be effective is whether the researcher has free access to the full range of activities ...

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