Week 6 Discussion on Scholarly Sources
Locate two articles frompeer-reviewed, scholarly journals in the counseling field (or related area suchas
psychology) using one of the databases available through the CSU UniversityLibrary. Both of the articles
shouldpresent original research (not a literature review), one of which reports aqualitative study and the
other a quantitative study.
For each of the two research articles (one qualitative and one quantitative), identify the following: Overall
clarity and focus of the article.
The statement of the problem and its setting.
The importance of, or rationale for, the study.
Research questions, hypothesis, or purpose of the study.
The review of the related research or general background for the study.
A clear description of how the data was collected, how subjects were selected, and any instruments or
measures used to collect data.
The findings and implications of the study