Design a Qualitative Study-Construct a proposed qualitative research plan. The plan should reflect the features of qualitative research and the rationale for selecting a specific research design.

Design a Qualitative Study.

Construct a proposed qualitative research plan. The plan should reflect the features of qualitative research and the rationale for selecting a specific research design.

Provide a clear justification with evidence on why this study is relevant to your field and worthy of doctoral-level study.

Support your efforts using 3 scholarly sources published within the past 5 years to ensure relevancy. Remember, the problem statement should reflect your degree type (applied or theory-based).

Apply the script introduced in this course and your instructor’s feedback to produce an accurate and aligned problem statement.

The qualitative research query must be framed to deeply probe and investigate a problem. How, why, and what strategies are the best terms to include in your research question.

Defend your choice to use the qualitative methodology to research your identified problem. Synthesize 2 or 3 sources to support your arguments.

Defend your choice to use a specific qualitative research design. Synthesize 2 or 3 sources to support your arguments.

Explain how and why you will select participants from a specific population. Include citations for the identified population, the sampling method.

Describe data collection steps.

Ethical protection of human subjects.

Data Analysis (include steps).

Logically define the steps in data analysis.

Describe how the four elements of trustworthiness could be addressed.