After reading this chapter, you should be able to:
1 Identify and define the naturalistic research design.
2 Distinguish between natural and contrived research settings.
3 Identify and describe how researchers make unobtrusive observations.
4 Describe how researchers operationalize, quantify, and manage observation periods in a naturalistic or contrived setting.
5 Describe the philosophy of qualitative research, and explain how trustworthiness relates to validity and reliability.
6 Identify and describe three qualitative research designs: phenomenology, ethnography, and case study.
7 Identify and describe three existing data research designs: archival research, content analysis, and meta-analysis.