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Assembling the Qualitative Research Proposal

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Instructions

Complete the following:

  1. Business Problem: Formulate a current business problem using examples and descriptions drawn from scholarly literature or a specific business organization.
    • Using your ABRP or the Example Project, identify and briefly explain the business problem.
    • Explain the problem’s relationship to the research question.
  2. Research Question: Refine the business problem into one or more research questions to define a research objective suitable for investigation.
    • From the business problem, explain the research questions that require an exploratory qualitative inquiry.
    • Address the purpose and intent of the business problem with each question.
  3. Interview Guide: Create a preponderance of interview questions relevant to the research questions.
    • Provide an interview guide of at least 10 questions to elicit data for answering the research questions.
    • Craft interview questions that are sufficiently open-ended to permit the interviewee to provide rich answers.
  4. Expert Review: Explain how to arrange an expert review of the interview guide, including a method for identifying and qualifying experts to serve on the review.
    • Describe how you will set up an expert review of your interview guide.
    • Explain the role of expert review in certifying the credibility and integrity of the work while mitigating participant risk.
  5. Pilot Study: Explain how a pilot study ensures that the responses prompted by the interview guide adequately address the research questions.
    • Describe a pilot study that you could use to test the interview guide before use with actual participants.
    • Explain how the pilot study mitigates participant risk.

Additional Info

  • Create an APA-formatted report organized according to the numbered sections above.
  • Use (Level 1) section headings to label each of sections 1–5. Use subsection headings (Level 2, and so on) as needed.
  • Include a cover page with the appropriate information, including your name.
  • Length of paper: 3–4 double-spaced pages (plus the interview guide).
  • Format resources and citations according to current APA style and formatting.
  • Font and font size: Times New Roman, 12 point.

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