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Consider the following for each chapter for a qualitative approach:

I. INTRODUCTION includes
• Background of the Stud
• Statement of the Proble
• Purpose of the Stud
• Research Question
• Theoretical Framewor
• Rationale and Signi canc
• Overview of the Methodolog
• The Researche
• Limitations and Delimitatio
• Organization of the Thesis/Dissertatio
• Summar
II. REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES (no more distinction between local
and foreign
III. METHODOLOGY includes
• Research Design (Ontology, Epistemology, Philosophical Tenets, Qualitative Discovery,
Phenomenology). Example: Epistemology: Constructivism, Theoretical Perspective:
Interpretivism, Methodology: Phenomenology
• Samplin
• Subjects/Participants (Describe them. Do they t the criteria stated in Chapter 1
• Access, and Setting (Risk factors, if any
• Sources of Data (observation, interview, journal/memo, art/photos
• Data Collection Methods (Describe the interview process, how other source of data was
obtained
• Data Analysis Process and Procedure
• Trustworthiness (Dependability, Con rmability, Credibility and Re exibility
• Ethical Consideratio
• Summar
IV. RESULTS includes
• Research Settin
• Summary of Participants’s Pro l
• Operational Data Collectio
• Operational Data Analysis (Bracketing, Horizontalization, Clustering into themes, textural
description of experience, Structural description of experience, textural-structural synthesis
• Evidence of Trustworthines
• Participant Narrative
• Emerging Theme
• Data Coding (Theme One, Theme Two, Theme Three, etc
• Connection to the Research Question (re-state the RQs
• Summar
V. DISCUSSION includes
• Connection to the Literatur
• Implications of the Findings for Practic
• Recommendations for Further Researc
• Summar

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