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Article 1

Richardson, L. (December 2014). Fear of falling. Qualitative Inquiry, 20(10), 1133-1140

1. What’s the practical contribution of this research?
2. Why was qualitative inquiry especially appropriate?
3. Why was Richardson interested in this topic?
4. What is the scholarly contribution of this research? 

Article 2

Gladstone, B.M., McKeever, P., Seeman, M., & Boydell, K.M. (September 2014). Analysis of a support group for children of parents with mental illnesses: Managing stressful situations.  Qualitative Health Research, 24(9), 1171-1182.

1. Who is being studied in this research?
2. What is the value of the findings?
3. What qualitative methods were used and why?
4. Why was qualitative inquiry especially appropriate for this study?

Article 3

Soyer, M. (August 2014). Off the corner and into the kitchen: entering a male-dominated research setting as a woman. Qualitative Research, 14 (4), 459-472.

1. How does this article illustrate the ways in which qualitative inquiry permits entry into places outside the normal experience of the researcher? 
2. What are the particular challenges of gathering data from people very different from the researcher?
3. How did this qualitative inquirer deal with the differences between herself and those she wanted to study?
4. What is the value of this kind of qualitative inquiry?

Article 4

Koenig, T.L., Lee, J.H., Macmillan, K.R., Fields, N.L., & Spano, R. (May 2014). Older adult and family member perspectives of the decision-making process involved in moving to assisted living. Qualitative Social Work, 13(3), 335-350.

1. Who is being studied in this research?
2. What is the value of the findings?
3. What qualitative methods were used and why?
4. Why was qualitative inquiry especially appropriate for this study?