Assignment:
OVERVIEW
Using the template found in the Doctor of Education in Christian Leadership Program Handbook located on the Research Profile: Mixed-Methods Assignment page under the Research Profile Resources,, students will utilize the research purpose statements, and research question sets developed in the Purpose Statements and Research Questions assignments to create a quantitative design research profile.
This research profile will be considered preliminary and will serve as a potential topic for the development of the dissertation. Although this assignment does not require a firm or final commitment from you to pursue this research problem as your dissertation topic, it is intended as an opportunity for you to make the first step toward that goal. However, you should be aware that further refining of your work is likely and that it is possible that the research problem submitted for this assignment will not ultimately be approved.
INSTRUCTIONS
The Research Profile is an essential document as you develop your prospectus and dissertation. The research profile, as described below, enables students to quickly bring instructors up to date on their research to
a) facilitate understanding students' goals and aspirations and,
b) as a summary of the topic so that the students might easily communicate their research ideas.
Create a research profile for a mixed-methods research design. The Research Profile must include the following information in approximately 4 to 8 single-spaced pages. It must be written following APA style using APA style headings. However, this document must be a single-spaced rather than double-spaced with double-spacing between sections. The following sections should be included.
• Proposed Title: A short but descriptive title of the research of no more than fifteen (15) words.
• Research Problem and Gap: A brief one to a two-paragraph description of the research topic that identifies the subject and the concern needing to be studied (this descriptionforms the research problem).
• Research Purpose Statement: A single sentence statement of the objective or intent of the research. It is the larger question that the study will seek to answer.
• Research Questions: Designed to divide the research topic into several sub-problems, "RQs" provide researchable questions that will be answered through the research design and reported on in the dissertation.
• Delimitations of the Research: Delimitations are the boundaries of the study and define what will and will not be studied.
• Research Population: All individuals, groups, or subjects of interest to the researcher and that share something in common and will be the focus of the study.
• Research Sample(s) and Sampling Technique(s): Describes the research participants from the population of interest to be included in the study and how they will be selected for the study.
• Methodological Design: Briefly describes how the study will be conducted and what approach will be used in the study design.
• Proposed Instrumentation (if known): Describe any intended research tools such as surveys, tests, interviews, inventories, or other means of collecting data.
• Limitations of Generalization: This is the range of appropriate applications of the findings based on the sample and population and the outcomes of the research.
• Research Competencies to Conduct Study: Describes the competencies the researcher must possess or attain or for which the researcher must seek out in supporting consultants.
• Precedent Literature: A list of at least five (5) critically essential sources relevant to the research.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turitin plagiarism tool.