Guiding Questions
Directions: In this week’s assignment, you will gain experience in synthesizing a complex but well-designed action research article that uses both inductive (qualitative) and deductive (quantitative) approaches to collecting and analyzing data. Get started early on the required readings, and be sure to communicate with your instructor if you have any difficulties.
Even if you do not have a clearly defined problem of practice, you probably have an idea of the general area in which your AIP will investigate. Your goal should be to achieve “theoretical saturation” with the literature in your field.
As you begin to think about developing your Annotated Bibliography and its potential use in a Literature Review that supports your future Applied Improvement Project (AIP), address the following prompts.
For your initial post:
State your problem of practice or organizational problem for which the annotated bibliography is relevant.
Provide a synthesis of the main points identified in your six research articles (one paragraph to synthesize all six articles).
Describe how the information gleaned from the six studies align with the issue or problem.
Describe how the articles might be useful to a Literature Review in support of your AIP.

Guiding Questions
Problem Statement
Discuss the problem of practice for which the literature review is relevant. Include a sentence that states there is a lack of research on…(the topic).
Synthesis of Research Articles
Provide a synthesis of the main points identified in your six research articles (one paragraph to synthesize all six articles).

Literature Alignment
Describe/discuss how the information gleaned from the literature aligns with the issue or problem.
Articles Support of AIP
Describe how the articles might be useful to a Literature Review in support of your AIP. Make sure you mention each article and include the citation.