02 Nov Qualitative Research Design Plan

In completing this assignment, you will design a general plan for a qualitative research study. Think of a topic that interests you and consider how you might study the topic with one of the qualitative research approaches about which you learned this week. Download the template and submit the completed form for this assignment.

The form includes the following sections:

Topic: In three to five sentences, identify and explain the study’s topic. This information should be clear and concise and written in a way that allows readers to understand the general topic of the study.
Purpose Statement: Write a purpose statement appropriate for a qualitative study. In completing this item, choose a qualitative research approach, consider who your participants will be, and identify what you want to know about them. Your purpose statement should be a single sentence and follow the Creswell and Creswell (2023) model presented below.
“The purpose (or study aim) of this ___________ (qualitative study or more specifically a qualitative approach, such as ethnography, case study, or other type) study is (was? will be?) to ___________ (understand? explore? develop? generate? discover?) the ___________ (central phenomenon being studied) for ___________ (the participants, such as the individual, groups, or organizations) at ___________ (research site)” (Creswell & Creswell, 2023, p. 127).
Research Questions: Write two research questions for the qualitative study you are designing. Remember the purpose of qualitative research is not to test hypotheses, but to explore phenomena and the lived experiences of participants. In writing your research questions, be sure to use open-ended questions that can be explored through the analysis of qualitative data. Below are some examples of qualitative research questions.
In what ways do peer mentors influence persistence in first-generation college students from Appalachia?
How do servant leadership behaviors in supervisors influence employee job satisfaction in nurses working in rural hospitals?
In what ways do gaming technology and incentives influence safe driving practices in teen drivers?
How does principal leadership impact teacher retention in low-income rural schools?
Qualitative Research Methodology: In three to five sentences, identify and describe the qualitative research method best suited to answer your research questions. Cite from the course text to justify your methodological selection. Examples include case study, phenomenology, narrative analysis, grounded theory, etc.
Participant Inclusion Criteria: List the inclusion criteria for participants from whom it would be appropriate to collect data for the study. Think about the characteristics participants need to possess to provide the qualitative data needed to answer the research questions. An example is provided below.
The study will include participants who meet the following inclusion criteria:
Currently employed as a nurse in a hospital located in a rural community in the United States;
Have worked for the same supervisor for at least one year; and
Not employed in a supervisory role.
Sources of Data and Data Collection Methods: In three to five sentences, identify and discuss the source(s) of data that would be needed to answer the research questions and how you might approach collecting the data. Your data must be qualitative and appropriate for the planned methodology. For example, if you are studying patient experiences with pain management care using a phenomenological approach, you might use semi-structured interviews with individual patients. If you are studying the impact of a support group for patients struggling with addiction using a case study approach, you might use semi-structured interviews with individual patients, observations during support group meetings, and patient medical data.

Note:

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– While this assignment is on a less formal and smaller scale, the use of a template for this assignment is intended to prepare you for the future tasks of completing a topic approval request and preparing an IRB application. Please do not alter the form or delete instructions; please submit the original form with your responses added as noted. If you use outside sources for this assignment, be sure to appropriately cite your sources and include them on the References page. The course text is already included as a reference and should be cited in the Qualitative Research Methodology section.