Qualitative Descriptive: Data Sources, Data Analysis, Alignment, and Rationale

Assessment Description
In your upcoming residency, you will need to justify your choices relative to the research design of your proposed study. Throughout this course, you will explore data sources and analysis options for several qualitative research designs. You will also explore how to justify the choices of data sources and data analysis and align those components with the remainder of the proposed research study. In this assignment, you will explore the data sources and analysis options for conducting your proposed dissertation research study using a qualitative descriptive design. You will also explain how well these might align with the components of your proposed research study as you described them in the previous course. Given the data sources, data analysis options, and alignment considerations, you will also offer a rationale for potentially choosing the qualitative descriptive design.
General Requirements:
Use the following information to ensure successful completion of the assignment:
* Refer to the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions you drafted for conducting your potential research study as a qualitative descriptive study during the previous course.
*This assignment uses a rubric. Please review the rubric prior to beginning the assignment to become familiar with the expectations for successful completion.
*Doctoral learners are required to use APA style for their writing assignments. The APA Style Guide is located in the Student Success Center.
*Refer to the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association for specific guidelines related to doctoral level writing. The manual contains essential information on manuscript structure and content, clear and concise writing, and academic grammar and usage.
*This assignment requires that at least two additional scholarly research sources related to this topic, and at least one in-text citation from each source be included.
*You are required to submit this assignment to LopesWrite. A link to the LopesWrite technical support articles is located in Class Resources if you need assistance.
Directions:
Consider the specific language designated by GCU as indicative of qualitative research.
Write a paper (1,500-1,750 words) in which you discuss the data sources and data analysis options for conducting your proposed dissertation research study using a qualitative descriptive design. Include the following in your discussion:
1. State the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions you drafted for conducting your potential research study as a qualitative descriptive study during the previous course.
2. A description of potential data sources for the study. Use language appropriate to a qualitative descriptive design.
3. A description of potential data analysis approaches for the study. Use language appropriate to a qualitative descriptive design.
4. A discussion of how well these potential data sources and analysis approaches align with the previously developed qualitative descriptive components of the potential research study.
5. An analysis of the fit and alignment of this design to the proposed problem statement, purpose statement, research questions, data sources, and data analysis approaches. Do you believe this is a reasonable design for addressing your study topic? Why or why not?