{"id":24722,"date":"2024-05-07T17:39:22","date_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:39:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/qualitative-research-project-final-assignment-completed-and-attached-might-need-heavy-editing-or-even-a-rewrite-read-description\/"},"modified":"2024-05-07T17:39:22","modified_gmt":"2024-05-07T17:39:22","slug":"qualitative-research-project-final-assignment-completed-and-attached-might-need-heavy-editing-or-even-a-rewrite-read-description","status":"publish","type":"questions","link":"https:\/\/www.writemyessays.app\/blog\/questions\/qualitative-research-project-final-assignment-completed-and-attached-might-need-heavy-editing-or-even-a-rewrite-read-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Qualitative Research Project FINAL (assignment completed and attached, might need heavy editing or even a rewrite) READ DESCRIPTION"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\"><b>**THIS ISN&#8217;T YOUR TYPICAL ASSIGNMENT**<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\"><b>**I KNOW I&#8217;VE CHOSEN A WRITING SERVICE. HOWEVER, THERE MIGHT JUST NEED TO BE REVISIONS AND EDITS.&nbsp;<\/b><span style=\"background-color: rgb(52, 54, 61); font-variant-caps: inherit;\"><b>UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN RE-WRITE TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER GRADE. EITHER WAY, I WILL PAY THE SAME AMOUNT. JUST GET ME AN A!**<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.25em 0px; cursor: auto;\">I&#8217;ve attached my current draft of the paper along with the assignment instructions, rubric, and templates. After reviewing my work, I&#8217;m concerned that it might not align perfectly with the given instructions. If necessary, I&#8217;m open to you completely&nbsp;rewriting it!<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.25em 0px; cursor: auto;\">The assignment requires incorporating 8-10 interview protocols or questions, or 12-15 questions\/prompts for a survey.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 1.25em 0px; cursor: auto;\">Please guide me in tuning up the paper to precisely match the instructions. Since this is my final exam, achieving a high grade, preferably an A, is crucial.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\">Thank you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\"><b><br \/><\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 1.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\"><b>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-Notes-on-my-paper-comparing-with-instructions&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.25em; margin-left: 0px; cursor: auto;\">The paper largely complies with the instructions for your qualitative research project, but there are a few points to consider to ensure full compliance:<\/p>\n<ol style=\"padding: 0px 0px 1rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Research Requirement<\/strong>: The instructions specify conducting at least 3 interviews or collecting responses from at least 15 survey participants. The paper mentions conducting interviews with 15-20 participants and also using surveys. This exceeds the minimum requirements and is well-aligned with the instructions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Structure (IMRaD)<\/strong>: The paper is structured with clear sections that align with the IMRaD format, including:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 1rem; padding: 0px 0px 0px 1.25rem; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Introduction<\/strong>: Explains the phenomenon of remote work, its significance, and the research question.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Methods<\/strong>: Describes participant recruitment, data collection methods, and ethical considerations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Results<\/strong>: Presents findings on productivity, work-life balance, and job satisfaction.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Discussion<\/strong>: Discusses the implications of findings, compares them with existing literature, and acknowledges limitations.<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Future Work<\/strong>: Suggests future research directions.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Appendices<\/strong>: The paper includes all required appendices (recruitment script, consent form, survey instrument, interview transcripts, and codebook for data analysis), which is a critical part of the instructions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">APA Style and Ethical Considerations<\/strong>: The paper adheres to APA style for citations and maintains high ethical standards with informed consent and confidentiality, as required.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"padding-left: 0.375em; cursor: auto;\">\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\"><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: 600; cursor: auto;\">Audience Consideration<\/strong>: The paper targets an academic audience, specifically English instructors and the professor, which aligns well with the instructions.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">_________________________INSTRUCTIONS____________________________<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">Throughout this course you&#8217;ve been gaining experience joining conversations&#8211;first in the secondary source unit and conversations that take place via published scholarship, and then in the archival unit and conversations that are grounded in the past&#8211;and in this unit, you&#8217;ll enter yet another conversation. This time, you&#8217;ll enter a conversation that is based on people&#8217;s perceptions\/individual behavior.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">As you did with the first two papers, you will begin with a research question. From there, you will then conduct interviews<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">OR<\/strong><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span>surveys to gather data and formulate an answer to your research question.<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">* You will need to create your own research question*<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">Qualitative research methods are most often used in the social sciences (e.g., psychology, sociology, and anthropology), education, and writing studies, but experience conducting qualitative research is valuable in a wide variety of disciplines and career fields.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">You are welcome to develop a topic that you chose for either your secondary or archival project, or you can opt for a new topic, as long as it\u2019s within the larger umbrella of the course.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">One tip:&nbsp;<\/strong>Generally, you\u2019ll want to choose a population that you\u2019re already connected to in some way \u2013\u2013 e.g. a community you belong to, such as an intramural sports league or D&amp;D group, or a group of people that you know in real life (friends \/ family \/ etc). As you think about your topic, think about who you know or could speak to for the project.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Research Interviews&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">The research you conduct for this project will be different than your other projects thus far. Rather than reading sources or searching through archives, you will conduct at least 3 interviews with&nbsp;&#8220;ordinary people&#8230; whose experiences, beliefs, and attitudes pertain to the research question you&#8217;re asking&#8221; (<em style=\"cursor: auto;\">Rhetoric of Inquiry<\/em>, p. 233). These interviews should be approximately 15 minutes long (30 minutes max!), and you&#8217;ll then transcribe and analyze your interviews to extrapolate the results for your study.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Research Surveys<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">If you opt for surveys, you\u2019ll need responses from at least 15 people. These surveys should be between 15-20 minutes to take. Again, after you have the responses, you\u2019ll analyze your surveys to shape your results.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Audience&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">Your audience for&nbsp;your qualitative research paper is me and other English instructors like me who participate in academic conversations that take place through published scholarship and are interested in your topic but who may not be overly familiar with the particular groups or issues you are investigating.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 12px 0px; cursor: auto;\"><strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">Requirements<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Research: As stated above, you must conduct&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">at least 3 interviews or 15 surveys<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>for this project.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Structure:<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><a style=\"cursor: auto;\" data-api-returntype=\"File\" data-api-endpoint=\"https:\/\/utk.instructure.com\/api\/v1\/courses\/190714\/files\/20749753\" data-canvas-previewable=\"false\">IMRaD Template.docx<\/a><a style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/span><span style=\"margin: -1px; cursor: auto;\">Download IMRaD Template.docx<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Length: Your final paper should be&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">1700-2000 words<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>total (not including the Abstract, References, or Appendices). You can use this breakdown as a general guideline for each section, but feel free to adjust to suit your specific needs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Introduction 300-500 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Methods 200-400 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Results 500-700 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Discussion 400-600 words<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Future Work 100-200 words&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendices: At the end of your paper, you will attach the materials you created to conduct your study.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendix A: The recruitment script used to invite people to participate in your study.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendix B: A blank copy of the informed consent form you gave to your participants.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendix C: The interview protocol you developed to conduct your interviews\/Survey Instrument.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendix D: Your interview transcripts\/Survey results.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\"><span style=\"cursor: auto;\">Appendix E: The codebook you developed as you analyzed your interview transcripts\/survey responses.&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/ul>\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 6px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Use proper&nbsp;<strong style=\"font-weight: bold; cursor: auto;\">APA documentation<span style=\"cursor: auto;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/strong>for your citations and References page.\n<ul style=\"margin-right: 0px; margin-left: 25px; cursor: auto;\">\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">See chapter 15 of your&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto;\">Writer&#8217;s Harbrace Handbook for<\/em>&nbsp;help with APA documentation.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li style=\"cursor: auto;\">Check out the sample APA paper on pp. 377-386 of your&nbsp;<em style=\"cursor: auto;\">Harbrace Handbook<\/em>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><br style=\"cursor: auto;\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>**THIS ISN&#8217;T YOUR TYPICAL ASSIGNMENT** **I KNOW I&#8217;VE CHOSEN A WRITING SERVICE. HOWEVER, THERE MIGHT JUST NEED TO BE REVISIONS AND EDITS.&nbsp;UNLESS YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN RE-WRITE TO ACHIEVE A HIGHER GRADE. EITHER WAY, I WILL PAY THE SAME AMOUNT. 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