The Grand Canyon University (GCU) College of Doctoral Studies has approved a limited number of qualitative and quantitative research designs commonly referred to as the GCU Core Designs.

The Grand Canyon University (GCU) College of Doctoral Studies has approved a limited number of qualitative and quantitative research designs commonly referred to as the GCU Core Designs. Doctoral learners must be acquainted with these designs to make an accurate selection for their dissertation research studies. In this assignment, you will explore a potential research design for your dissertation. Engaging in this exploration neither finalizes nor approves your research design; final selection and approval of the research design will be done at a later date in conjunction with your dissertation committee.

Directions:

• Write a paper (750- 1,000 words) in which you discuss a potential research design for your dissertation. Include the following in your submission:
• A discussion of the GCU Core Design that you believe is most appropriate for your intended dissertation.

A research-supported rationale for the chosen design.

A research-supported discussion of why the other GCU Core Designs are not as appropriate as your chosen design given the intended dissertation research.

MY RESEARCH DESIGN IS (QUALITATIVE CASE STUDY)

1. PART  TWO (LITERARTURE REVIEW)
2. Successful completion of a doctoral dissertation requires significant amounts of independent reading on the research topic. This allows the doctoral learner/researcher to become familiar with the scope of the topic and to identify gaps or tensions within the existing literature on the topic. These gaps and tensions become the source of the dissertation research. In this assignment, you will read and annotate potential sources in your dissertation field of interest. Those demonstrating the most merit to the best of your understanding of the topic at this time should be added to your RefWorks list for potential inclusion in the literature review section of your dissertation.