Qualitative Research Case Study and Brief Report – 65 points: As you read and appraise the women police officer case study article in the CASP assignment, take thetime to consider how you would conduct a case study of your own regarding female police officers. This
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reflective process will help you prepare yourself for this assignment in which you will propose, conduct,and report a case study regarding women police officers. You will submit the assignment piece-by-piecethroughout the semester so please review the course calendar for the schedule of submissions. Along withthe Creswell and Poth (2018) chapters you can also draw upon the following paper to help carry out thisassignment successfully:Chenail, R. J. (2011). Ten steps for conceptualizing and conducting qualitative research studies in apragmatically curious manner. The Qualitative Report, 16(6), 1713- 1730. Retrieved fromhttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol16/iss6/13/In this assignment, you will “write as you go” which means as you make your design decisions and conductyour study, you will compose your research report. This process is critical in order to not only conduct yourstudy, but also to complete your write-up of the research.The following are the specific parts of the assignment:1. Design a qualitative research case studya. Develop a research focus by exploring the videos from the TLC Network’s Police Women of BrowardCounty show. Take some time viewing the large number of videos excerpts from the different editions ofthis television series. You will see some segments consist of interviews with the female police officers andsome clips contain scenes of the women working in the field along with their descriiptions and explanationsof their work and themselves. As you view and review these videos, begin to develop what aspect of beinga female police officeror portraying female police officers interests you the most and how you can explore your interest from theperspective of a qualitative researcher. A list of the links to the short clips is below:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Police_Women_of_Broward_County https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Sva3t50M2w https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_rIGjIlwx2Ahttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGpT06Jqwgshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb0mvsmmZnUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjI3iEVw6o0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XlWWrzUd_8https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUDGtdJGdZAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQPw8rmpNeUhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GX48GRwLXpohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ij7QrCzFsDQhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoXUdYqBPFchttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eqc3Dq_sn0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o95VENSXOjwhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVp4y4aZAqAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsus0T_B8R4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjI3iEVw6o0https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VblrAvWrBVIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=48hcMfQZVXIhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aVp4y4aZAqAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jrquc8eACNYhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GxBdE0akpPshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eLzwHqCXlf4https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXy0OmgbCvE1. Establish research project goals2. Develop research questions3. Select case study methodology4. Select research methodsa. Establish sampling planb. Create management plan for data generation, collection, preparation, and analysisc. Create quality control plan for managing ethical and safety concerns and self-of-the-researcher5. Conduct a qualitative research case studya. Prepare self to research byi. Practicing required skills
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ii. Reflecting on self-participation in the studyiii. Learning required technologies6. Generate data7. Collect data8. Process data9. Analyze data10. Conduct quality control measures11. Compose a brief qualitative research reporta. Succinctly summarize a research paper in an abstractb. Describe the focus of a research studyc. Justify why the study merited exploration over time in a sustained and systematic mannerd. Articulate research goalse. Generate research questionsf. Construct arguments for the exploration of the research questionsg. Present a clear justification and descriiption of the proposed methodologyh. Describe the methodological choices in the areas ofi. Sampleii. Data Generation, Collection, and Preparationiii. Data Analysisiv. Quality Control12. Identify ethical issues and strategies to address these concerns13. Reflect on the self-of-the-researcher in the context of a research study14. Present results15. Discuss contributions of a research study16. Identify limitations of a research study17. Suggest implications of a research study18. Compose all elements of a research paper in compliance with the Publication Manual of the AmericanPsychological Association (APA, 2010) To help you with your qualitative data analysis, I suggest youconsult the following articles:Chenail, R. J. (2012). Conducting qualitative data analysis: Reading line-by-line, but analyzing bymeaningful qualitative units. The Qualitative Report, 17(1), 266- 269. Retrieved fromhttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol17/iss1/12/Chenail, R. J. (2012). Conducting qualitative data analysis: Qualitative data analysis as a metaphoricprocess. The Qualitative Report, 17(1), 248-254. Retrieved fromhttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol17/iss1/13/Chenail, R. J. (2012). Conducting qualitative data analysis: Managing dynamic tensions within.The Qualitative Report, 17(T&L Art. 4), 1-6. Retrieved fromhttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol17/iss2/2/To help with the composition of your report, I suggest you consult the following article:Chenail, R. J., Duffy, M., St. George, S., & Wulff, D. (2011). Facilitating coherence acrossqualitative research papers. The Qualitative Report, 16(1), 263-275. Retrieved fromhttp://nsuworks.nova.edu/tqr/vol16/iss1/17/
Grading Criteria: There are seven elements of this assignment on which I will award points for yourwork: (a) Title Page, Abstract, and Keywords (5 points); (b) Introduction (5 points); (c) Methodology (20points); (d) Results (20 points); (e) Discussion (5 points); (f) References (5 points); and (g) Appendix (5points). Please see the rubric in Appendix C for more details.
ABSTRACT:
Please construct your abstract in a concise manner that presents readers with an instructive map to the paper. This helps authors to organize their thoughts and to guide them as they revise the rest of their manuscriipt. In other words, the abstract should not be abstract! To this end, please compose your abstract in 200 words or less so it presents a logical and accurate reflection of the organizational structure of the paper. One way to do this is to organize your abstract into a five sentence essay: In sentence one you would present the problem or focus of your study or the gap you are planning to address; in sentence two you would present your study’s research question or hypothesis; in sentence three you would present your study’s participants and methodology; in sentence four you would present your findings; and in sentence five you would present the main points from your discussion of the findings.
