Assignment: Final Project Step I: Revising the Problem/Purpose Statement and Choosing the Approach
Beginning this week and extending through the rest of the course, you will work on the components that constitute your Final Project, a qualitative research plan. You will produce the Final Project in a stepwise fashion; during each week, you will work on a new step. You will receive from your classmates and Instructor feedback on each step that you will incorporate into the final document.

The intent of this project is to develop knowledge and practice skills that will prepare you for developing a qualitative capstone proposal. In fact, most of the Assignments closely parallel the requirements for a qualitative research proposal as described in the qualitative checklist.

Note: Be sure to watch the Final Project Guidelines video included in this weeks Learning Resources in preparation for Final Project Step I.

The Final Project is composed of six steps. These are presented in the video, and the instructions for each step are described in detail in the week each occurs.

Step I: Revising the problem/purpose statement and choosing the approach (Week 5)
Step II: Developing an interview guide, invitation, and data collection protocol (Weeks 6 and 7)
Step III: Conducting the interviews, taking notes, and journaling (Week 8)
Step IV: Transcribing and organizing data and peer debrief (Week 9)
Step V: Considerations for qualitative analysis, including analysis plan, coding strategies, and software choices (Week 10)
Step VI: Final submission and reflection (Week 11)

In Week 5, you will complete Step I of the Final Project. To complete Step I, do the following:

To prepare for this Assignment:

Review your Workshop thread, paying particular attention to feedback you collected during Weeks 15 on your problem statement, purpose, research question, and approach.
Review the qualitative checklist.
Review the Final Project Rubric.
By Day 6
Revise and submit your draft problem statement, purpose, research question, and approach for Instructor approval.

Note: You are required to submit this weeks Assignment to your Instructor for feedback. However, this weeks submission will not be graded. It will be graded along with the other steps of the Final Project in the Week 11 Assignment.

Submission Information
To submit your completed Assignment for review, do the following:

Please save your Assignment using the naming convention WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension) as the name.
Click the Final Project Rubric to review the Grading Criteria for the Assignment.
Click the Week 5 Assignment link. You will also be able to View Rubric for grading criteria from this area.
Next, from the Attach File area, click on the Browse My Computer button. Find the document you saved as WK5Assgn+last name+first initial.(extension) and click Open.
If applicable: From the Plagiarism Tools area, click the checkbox for I agree to submit my paper(s) to the Global Reference Database.
Click on the Submit button to complete your submission
Grading Criteria
To access your rubric:

Final Project Rubric

Submit Your Assignment by Day 6
To submit your Assignment:

Week 5 Assignment