Sample Of The Qualitative Research Proposal Page 19

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RESEARCH PAPER SAMPLE
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Setting
For studies involving human participants discuss where you will find your potential
research participants. For example if you are conducting an observation in the courtyard of the
Reagan building you would describe that location and environment in detail, and why it is
appropriate to finding the population.. If you are recruiting from a specific government agency
you would describe it briefly and then give detail about why it is an appropriate setting for
recruiting your population.
Potential participants will be found using the Internet as a search tool.
Links to the electronic interview will be emailed to the researcher’s personal
contacts as well as posted on Facebook and LinkedIn venues.
In-person
interviews will be conducted and recorded in a quiet, neutral location where the
participants are not in danger and there is no intimidation or coercion.
Population
For studies involving human participants calculate and then discuss the suggested
demographics and the sample size of the population. Be sure to support your population choice
and then the type of sampling you will use to determine the sample (with citations). Next discuss
the population’s size and the calculation of your representative sample. For example,
The researcher will seek a voluntary (convenience) sample of co-workers,
friends, and friends of friends over 18 years of age, who are known to the
researcher as current or past volunteers for a non-profit organization within the
United States.
Participants will be recruited by the researcher via email or
enlisted in-person to complete a 27 question interview that should take
approximately 25 minutes. Demographics such as education and race are not

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