The students’ qualitative research proposal continues with the following: data collection, data analysis and letter of consent.
Thus, in undertaking the research project what processes/techniques will be used to collect data.
In discussing the processes/techniques that will be used to collect data, students must first consider access to sources of data (settings/field) and how will access to sources of data (setting/field) be obtained? Is the research project one that requires a key informant or not? Is it a covert or overt research project? (1 Mark)
What is covert versus overt research, and is the student’s research project covert or is it overt or a combination of overt and covert? Depending on the overt or covert nature of the research project, how will the data collection commenced? (1 Mark)
If the project requires a key informant – how will a key informant be obtained? (1 Mark)
After discussing how to gain access to the sources of data (setting/field), the research proposal will then discuss the chosen techniques of data collection. Data collection techniques can be one or several, including but not limited to: Ethnography and participant observation, Interviews, focus groups, and/or content analysis.
Why was one, or several data collection techniques chosen for this project? Why were others not chosen for the research project? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the selected data collection technique(s)? Why were other data collection techniques not chosen for the project? (6 Marks)
Students need to think about being in the field, and the necessary steps that must be in place to document researchers’ experiences in the field. That is, the students experience of being in the field. (1 Mark)
The next section of the research project is the process/techniques that students will use to analyze the data collected.
After the data collection, students will have a large amount of data to analyze. In the next section of the research proposal, students will discuss/outline the step by step strategy/process of data analysis. That is, how will students proceed to analyze (make sense) of the large amount of data collected. (6 Marks)
The final section of this assignment requires students to create a letter of consent. (2 Marks)
Your Assignment must adhere to the following GUIDELINES (2 Marks)
- Assignment must be 4-6 pages in length, excluding cover or reference page(s).
- Use Font 12, double spaced, Times New Roman, unjustified one-inch margins.
- Use APA referencing format.
- The minimum/maximum number of sources (articles, books, etc.) to be utilized in this assignment is 8, at least one of which must be the course’s textbook.
- Students, please utilize new external sources for this assignment.
- (Referencing/sources must be within a 10 years range, that is, these articles must be from 2011 – present).
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