Assignment: Qualitative Research Appraisal
By successfully completing this assignment, you will demonstrate your proficiency in the following course competencies and assessment criteria:
Competency 1: Apply the critical concepts and principles of applied business research.
Assess the alignment of an author's research elements with a stated research management dilemma requiring a researched response.
Competency 6: Research acceptable methodological approaches that support stated business problems, research purposes, and research questions.
Analyze the author's qualitative research purpose, research question (or questions), and ethical processes.
Competency 8: Analyze requirements of ethical research.
Write in standard academic English appropriate for audience using correct grammar and current APA format.
Assignment Instructions
Review the Sample Qualitative Research Proposal document that is attached. Analyze its elements to develop an APA-formatted paper of no more than 700 words (word count excluding title and reference pages) that demonstrates your understanding of the study's content. Address the following in your paper:
Analyze the author's envisioned research purpose, research question (or questions), data sources, and ethical processes.
Assess the alignment of those elements (research process, research question [or questions], data sources, and ethical processes) with the stated research management dilemma articulated as an applied business problem requiring a researched response.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.