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Plan a Qualitative Study (graded)

Write a qualitative research question using the PICO(T) model using the P (population), I (abstract concept), O (outcome), and T (time) from the PICO(T) model about an issue from your practice setting. Conduct a search of the literature for a qualitative research article that would answer your qualitative research question. What qualitative research design (Phenomenology, Grounded Theory, Ethnography) did you select and why? Provide a summary of the study. How will you make sure that the information you obtain is trustworthy? How is trustworthiness in qualitative research similar and different from reliability and validity?

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Planning a Qualitative Study

Introduction

I’m going to be honest with you. Before I became a journalist, I didn’t really understand qualitative research. It wasn’t until writing my first article and realizing how much effort went into it that I realized how important it was for me to know how best to do this type of reporting. So even though you’ve probably never heard of qualitative research before reading this blog post (and if so, shame on you!), hopefully this will help clear up some questions about what exactly is meant by the term “qualitative” and why it’s important when conducting an effective report about something like music or food culture in your community—or wherever else!

Your research question is important

A good research question will be clear and specific. It should answer a specific question about your topic, as opposed to being broad in scope. For example, if you are interested in learning about the effects of social media on adolescents’ mental health, your research question might be: “How does social media affect adolescents’ mental health?”

Another important aspect of choosing a good research question is that it must be answerable within the time frame of your study (this can vary depending on how long it takes you to collect data). If you are planning on conducting an online survey with 25 respondents per survey and each respondent completes two surveys per week over two months, then this means that there will only be enough time for one person per week (and possibly even less) — so if they aren’t able to complete all their surveys due to illness or other life issues (e.g., moving), then those responses won’t count toward helping us understand our hypothesis!

You’ll want to define your population and sample

To begin, you’ll want to define your population and sample.

• The population is the group of people who will be studied. It can include all participants (e.g., a school district) or just a subset of them (e.g., students who live in a specific zip code).

• The sample is selected from among those within your defined population based on some criteria, such as geographic location or gender identity/expression (for example). Sampling involves randomly selecting respondents from your chosen group so that it’s representative of all members within it; this gives you information about how well-representative each participant was chosen as well as any biases due to nonrandom selection methods used during recruitment efforts like snowball sampling (whereby one person introduces others who introduce others until there are enough people interested in participating).

• Once we have identified our population and drawn up our sampling frame (the list of eligible respondents), we need now choose which method(s) would best suit our needs when conducting qualitative research: observation? interviews? mailings? etcetera…

You’ll want to describe the methods you’ll be using.

The first thing you’ll want to do is describe the methods you’ll be using. This includes:

• How will you collect data?

• How will you analyze it?

• What tools or instruments are used for collecting and analyzing data?

You should also talk about how participants were recruited, and how confidentiality was ensured throughout the study.

Your plan will also talk about the timeframe for your study.

The plan will also talk about the timeframe for your study. How long will it take? What is the timeline for each step of your research? What are the deadlines for completion of each step of your research, and when do you need to have completed all tasks by (for example: by December 31st)?

Make sure you really think through your study before actually doing it.

Before you start working on your study, there are a few things that need to be clear. First, what do you want to study? Second, why are you doing this? Third and finally, how will the results of your study be used by others?

In order for these questions to have any meaning or value at all in terms of conducting qualitative research (or any other kind of research), they must be answered with clarity and specificity. If they’re not clear enough then it’s almost impossible for someone else reading them who isn’t familiar with your project type (and therefore doesn’t know what kind of questions make good ones) would know whether or not those questions were valid based solely on their appearance alone.

Conclusion

We hope this article has helped you think about the many aspects of planning a qualitative study. We’ve covered the topics of defining your research question, organizing data and writing, and making sure that you have everything you need before starting your research. Remember: there’s no substitute for actually doing your research!

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