The discernment aspect of quantitative and qualitative research allows a researcher to present a phenomenon to the academic community in an appropriate manner (Venkatesh, Brown, & Bala, 2013). The researcher chooses the best method to present the study to an audience based on such things as the type of study to be conducted, the type of data needed for the study, and the amount of resources needed to complete the study. Resources include money, personnel, and probably the most important resource, time. Furthermore, the researcher becomes astute in reviewing other articles with similar methodology, which have a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed research design. In this article, the author will focus on five selected qualitative articles. During this focus, the author will provide a summary of a topic followed by the presentation of the problem, purpose, design, and findings of the research article. Furthermore, Venkatesh, et al. (2013) stated that qualitative research helps provide the reader with a better understanding of a phenomenon by articulating a narrative description of the study for the audience. Article 1: Women in Information Security Topic Summary In an article written by Woszczynski and Shade (2010), an examination is presented of how five women who have chosen careers in information security (IS) are perceived and how others can help women mitigate barriers to entry into the IS career field. The authors began the discussion by describing a meeting that took place at the White House, while there was only one woman out of 29 cybersecurity academics called to discuss a recent cybersecurity breach (Woszczynski & Shade, 2010). Here lies the ration... in the center of the paper... M., & Huda Mazumder, M. (2013). Cross-cultural management and organizational performance: A content analysis perspective. International Journal of Business and Management, 8(8), 133-146. doi:10.5539/ijbm.v8n8p133Venkatesh, V., Brown, S. A., & Bala, H. (2013). Bridging the qualitative-quantitative gap: Guidelines for conducting mixed methods research in information systems. MIS Quarterly, 37(1), 21-54. Retrieved from http://www.misq.org/Woszczynski, A. B., & Shade, S. (2010). A call to IS educators to respond to the voices of women in cybersecurity. Journal of Information Systems Education, 21(2), 223-231. Retrieved from http://jise.org/Zinszer, K., Tamblyn, R., Bates, D. W., & Buckeridge, D. L. (2013). A qualitative study of health information technology in the Canadian public health system. BMC Public Health, 13(1), 1-7. doi:10.1186/1471-2458-13-509