Data Organization Technique

Data Organization Technique (minimum of 3 pages)

1. describes the systems for keeping track of data, emerging understandings such as research logs, reflective journals, and cataloging/labeling systems.
2. Reminds readers all raw data will be stored securely for 5 years.
3. It is recommended to support claims and decisions with multiple scholarly peer-reviewed or seminal sources (as appropriate)

Data Analysis (minimum of 3 pages)

1. Identifies the appropriate data analysis process for the research design (e.g., one of the four types of triangulation for case study; modified van Kaam, van Maanen, etc. for phenomenology).
2. Provides a logical and sequential process for the data analysis.
3. Details the student’s conceptual plan or software (e.g., NVivo, Atlasti, Ethnograph, Excel, etc.) for coding, mind-mapping, and identifying themes.
4. Identifies how the student will focus on the key themes, correlate the key themes with the literature (including new studies published since writing the proposal) and the conceptual framework.
5. It is recommended to support claims and decisions with multiple scholarly peer reviewed or seminal sources (as appropriate).

Reliability (minimum 3 pages)

1. Identifies how the student will address the dependability of the findings by reaching data saturation. (i.e., member checking of data interpretation, transcript review, pilot test, expert validation of the interview questions, interview protocol, focus group protocol, director participant observation protocol, etc.) Note: I will be using the interview protocol and direct observation during the interview process. (2-3 paragraphs in length minimum).
2. It is recommended to support claims and decisions with multiple scholarly peer-reviewed or seminal sources (as appropriate) from 2014 to present.

Validity (minimum 3 pages)

1. Identifies how the student will ensure credibility (i.e., member checking of the data interpretation, participant transcript review, triangulation, etc.). (2-3 paragraphs in length minimum).
2. Identifies how the student will address transferability in relation to the reader and future research (1-2 paragraphs in length minimum).
3. Identifies how the student will address confirmability (1-2 paragraphs in length minimum).
4. Identifies how the student will ensure data saturation (2-3 paragraphs in length minimum).
5. It is recommended to support claims and decisions with multiple scholarly peer-reviewed or seminal sources (as appropriate).