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LIA Project Details QLM

Qualitative Methods – Instructor Dr. Samie Ly

Prepared by Samie Ly for the purpose of the course

*Preliminary draft of the final project, can be subject to changes as the project progresses*progresses.

 

Information about your final research paper

Tips for success
  • Get organized early within the first 2 weeks of this course
  • Jot down all important dates on your agenda 
  • Bring a laptop or notepad for class and take active notes to help your project
  • Create a communication channel with your potential team members

Introduction to your LIA QLM Project 

There are 6 stages in your final paper, with 3 presentations.

The objective is to provide you with feedback as you forward from one step to another.

 

Overview

Rules

You can build this project in teams of 2-4 provided you fully contribute to the project. Any members who do not contribute sufficiently will be asked to do the paper on their own at any point in the course.

 

Respecting the submission timeline, there are no exceptions made for late submissions. The submission will result in a grade of 0.

 

Format

Your research paper must follow the specific format provided, times new roman, 11 pt.pt, single space.
References for official submission must be in APA format

format.

Your presentation can be of any design.

Stage 1 - The Research Problem (5 pages)

At this stage, you will explore and discover multiple topics that interest you. You are also free to move forward with multiple topics at the same time.

 

Deliverables: 


  1. Organize a template file
  2. Include a title page (1 page)

  3. Set up Agendaan toautomatic thetable fileof content so that the pages, titles are automatically generated (1 page)

  4. StateExecutive yourSummary final& Introduction (What are the 3 topics of your choice and explaina short sentence explaining why theseyou value this topic, composition of your team, who are relevantyou, what major) (1 page)
  5. Define each topic via a short literature review and interestingthe plan as to you

    State what value will you add through your research by tackling this subject

    Write out how you plan towill conduct your research (1 page for each topic, 3 pages total)

  6. References (draft references in briefAPA paragraphsformat, orkeep scribblestrack

    of all original sources) 

 The report should be no more than 7 pages

Stage 2 - Literature Review and Ethics of Research (2 pages)

At this stage, you will discover what current research has already done on your topic. There may be contradictions, there may be interesting angles for you to see.

 

●      The methodology sequence, specially QL and RM, demand that students collect some data. Remember those ethical guidelines that are outlined here:https://www.vaniercollege.qc.ca/psi/guidelines-for-teachers-whose-course-activities-involve-research-with-human-participants/.

 

 

Deliverables:
Find 15 research papers linked to your topic

Organize them by Author_year_Title

Build an Ethics Form similar to the one in the template

Summarize and cite your literature review in no more than 2 pages.

 

Stage 3 - Method and Sample

At this stage you will explore different ways researchers conduct research and select samples to get data from. You will then describe your own research, plan on how to execute the actual study.

 

Deliverables:

Brainstorm 5 different methods to conduct your research

Build a matrix on which would be best and provide you the most insight

Choose 2 that works best and begin detailing the process

Plan to build a focus group interview with a group of 6 friends in advance

Describe your reality target population and how to conduct your research

 

Stage 4 - Data Collection/ Observational research

At this stage, you will execute your designed focus group as well as 2 other methodologies.

You will collect data and reason how to probably build an unbiased set of data, clean it and summarize your results.

 

Deliverables:

Conduct your research Focus Group with 6 friends

Conduct 2 other methodologies

Build a raw vs. clean dataset

Summarize in 2 pages with graphs of your results.

 

Stage 5 - Analysis of Results

At this stage, you should have preliminary results, it is now the time for you to tie your literature review, research problem together with the obtained results.

 

Deliverables:

Revise your results

Tie your results to your literature review

Write up in 2 pages your results , and 2 pages your tied findings

 

Stage 6 - Conclusion

At this stage, bring everything together and look at the future outlook of this research and what you have contributed.

 

Deliverables:

Finalize your paper

Bring together your reference in APA format at the end of the document

Review the paper

Complete the coaching report by reading 2 other team’s papers and provide feedback

 

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