HLSS523–Al Qaida & The KKK Posted: January 17th, 2015
Stage One:
Select two extremist groups (Al Qaida & the KKK) that will form the basis of your comparative case study.
Stage Two:
Begin gathering resources for your study. There are six types of data collected in case studies:
1. Documents.
2. Archival records.
3. Interviews.
4. Direct observation.
5. Participant observation.
6. Artifacts.
You will have the opportunity to forensically research documents, archival records, and artifacts through the online library and open source of the Internet..
Stage Three:
Complete the research study question(s), purpose statement, and literature review.. You are being asked to compare, contrast, and evaluate the past and present attempts to counter the extremism practiced by two different extremist groups. In order to do that, you must learn and understand the organizational culture and composition of the selected groups. Ask yourself, what would I like to know about them? How are they alike? How are they different? Why? What makes them who they are? Hint: do some Internet exploration on qualitative research.
Use the Qualitative Study to come up with a research topic: A Qualitative study seeks to learn why or how, so the writer’s research must be directed at determining the why and how of the research topic. Therefore, when crafting a Research Question for a Qualitative study, the writer will need to ask a why or how question about the topic. For example: How did the Ku Klux Klan develop its organizational handbook the Kloren and why is it important to the functioning of the group? The sources needed for qualitative research typically include print and Internet texts (written words), audio and visual media, or more direct involved methods such as the participant observer or interview approaches.
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