Assignment: Vicarious Trauma Research Design Alignment Table Worksheet

Assignment: Vicarious Trauma Research Design Alignment Table Worksheet

Description
Research Design Alignment Table |Using an alignment table can assist with ensuring the alignment of your research design.
Research Design Alignment Table Video Tutorial (YouTube) | Doctoral Research Design Alignment Appointments or Office Hours
Note. At prospectus stage, not all items in the table below can be identified (e.g., data points, data analysis). Please complete the items that you have identified in this prospectus form. During proposal development, you will revisit this form to augment or adjust, as needed, and finalize your research design.

Research Problem, Purpose, and Framework

Provide one sentence for each. These must align with all rows.

Research Question(s), Method, & Design

List one or more RQs, as needed; select method; identify design. Use a separate form for additional RQs.

Data Collection Tools & Data Sources

List the instrument(s) and/or participant characteristics, artifacts, or records that will provide the data for each RQ.

Data Points (Quantitative)

List the variables, scales, etc. that will be used for each RQ.

Data Analysis

Briefly describe the statistical or qualitative analysis that will address each RQ.

Problem: Replace text with response.

Purpose: Replace text with response.

Framework: Replace text with response.

RQ1: Replace text with response.

Method: Choose method

Design: Replace text with response.

Replace text with response.

Replace text with response.

Replace text with response.

Note. The information in the first column must align with all rows, and each individual RQ row must show alignment across the columns for that row.

Once your Research Design Alignment Table is completed, reflect on your design alignment. Ask yourself:
Is there a logical progression from the research problem to the purpose of the study?
Does the identified framework ground the investigation into the stated problem?
Do the problem, purpose, and framework in the left-hand column align with the RQ(s) (all rows)?
Does each RQ address the problem and align with the purpose of the study?
Does the information across each individual row match/align with the RQ listed for that row?

Rubric Standard | Aligned > Do the various aspects of the prospectus align overall? The nature of the study should align with the problem, research questions, and tentative approaches to inquiry.

 

Appendix

The Doctoral Prospectus

The Doctoral Prospectus is a brief document that provides preliminary information about your doctoral research and is used in two ways:

It serves as the tentative plan for developing the proposal and is evaluated to ensure doctoral-level work (e.g., feasibility, alignment, etc.).
It provides information used to assign the committee University Research Reviewer.
Prospectus approval from the committee chair, second committee member, and a program-level designee is required for you to move forward and work on your proposal. The plan is subject to change, and parts of your research design may need to be adjusted after you complete your exhaustive review of the literature during proposal development.

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Title

Quantitative (QN) Example

Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Employee Turnover

Qualitative (QL) Example

Disruptive Innovation Within the Legal Services Ecosystem

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Supporting Literature

Probably the most important step in the research process is searching recent, peer-reviewed literature (government publications acceptable as well) and reading articles related to the general area you want to investigate. The area is based on an identified business problem. As you read and learn, you will narrow your focus. This is how you will identify a discipline-specific research problem.

 

First, you’ll need to determine your search terms or keywords and the databases you should search. As you conduct your search of the literature, stay organized by keeping a search log.

Search Log Example

Database

Search Terms

Results

Notes

Thoreau

online doctoral program completion; limited to peer reviewed, 2019-present

1175

Search too broad; Narrow by using multiple terms

Thoreau

online doctoral program completion AND ABD; limited to peer reviewed, 2019-present

13

Much better; Several relevant articles found

Education Source

Etc.

 

Example for this Form

The keywords and databases searched included innovation, employee turnover, ACM, IEEE, ERIC, and SAGE Journals, as well as in a Thoreau multidatabase search.

As you read and evaluate literature, you also need to organize your research. A literature review matrix is one way to help you visualize what has and hasn’t been done in your field. It will help you understand the scholarly works related to your area of interest. The importance of organizing and recording your review of literature cannot be overstated. You will refer to your notes as you write, so start on the right track from the beginning!

[Suggestion: If you keep your search log in an excel workbook, use the second tab in the same workbook for your literature review matrix.]

For this prospectus form, include the complete, APA reference entry and (a) an in-text citation, (b) what they studied, (c) what they found, and (d) why this is important in relation to your study. This evidence provides the justification for your research problem. These sources provide justification that this problem is meaningful to the discipline or professional field. These references should ideally be from the past 5 years. Citation(s) related to the framework should be included here, too. [Note: These are short summaries.During proposal development, you will conduct an exhaustive review and synthesize your sources, rather than summarize.]

Examples

Giroud, X., & Mueller, H. M. (2017). Firm leverage, consumer demand, and employment losses during the great recession. The Quarterly Journal of Economics, 132(1), 271-316. https://doi.org/10.1093/qje/qjw035

Following the economic downturn of 2008, law firm leaders in the United States experienced increased external pressure to improve operational efficiency through technology adoption (Giroud & Mueller, 2017).

Rubric Standard | Justified > Is evidence presented that this problem is significant to the discipline and/or professional field?

Important information for writing discussion questions and participation

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I strongly encourage that you do not wait until the very last minute to complete your assignments. Your assignments in weeks 4 and 5 require early planning as you would need to present a teaching plan and interview a community health provider. I advise you look at the requirements for these assignments at the beginning of the course and plan accordingly. I have posted the YouTube link that explains all the class assignments in detail. It is required that you watch this 32-minute video as the assignments from week 3 through 5 require that you follow the instructions to the letter to succeed. Failure to complete these assignments according to instructions might lead to a zero. After watching the video, please schedule a one-on-one with me to discuss your topic for your project by the second week of class. Use this link to schedule a 15-minute session. Please, call me at the time of your appointment on my number. Please note that I will NOT call you.

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Plagiarism is highly prohibited. Please ensure you are citing your sources correctly using APA 7th edition. All assignments including discussion posts should be formatted in APA with the appropriate spacing, font, margin, and indents. Any papers not well formatted would be returned back to you, hence, I advise you review APA formatting style. I have attached a sample paper in APA format and will also post sample discussion responses in subsequent announcements.

Your initial discussion post should be a minimum of 200 words and response posts should be a minimum of 150 words. Be advised that I grade based on quality and not necessarily the number of words you post. A minimum of TWO references should be used for your initial post. For your response post, you do not need references as personal experiences would count as response posts. If you however cite anything from the literature for your response post, it is required that you cite your reference. You should include a minimum of THREE references for papers in this course. Please note that references should be no more than 5 years old except recommended as a resource for the class. Furthermore, for each discussion board question, you need ONE initial substantive response and TWO substantive responses to either your classmates or your instructor for a total of THREE responses. There are TWO discussion questions each week, hence, you need a total minimum of SIX discussion posts for each week. I usually post a discussion question each week. You could also respond to these as it would count towards your required SIX discussion posts for the week.

I understand this is a lot of information to cover in 5 weeks, however, the Bible says in Philippians 4:13 that we can do all things through Christ that strengthens us. Even in times like this, we are encouraged by God’s word that we have that ability in us to succeed with His strength. I pray that each and every one of you receives strength for this course and life generally as we navigate through this pandemic that is shaking our world today. Relax and enjoy the course!

Hi Class,

Please read through the following information on writing a Discussion question response and participation posts.

Contact me if you have any questions.

Important information on Writing a Discussion Question

• Your response needs to be a minimum of 150 words (not including your list of references)
• There needs to be at least TWO references with ONE being a peer reviewed professional journal article.
• Include in-text citations in your response
• Do not include quotes—instead summarize and paraphrase the information
• Follow APA-7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

Participation –replies to your classmates or instructor

• A minimum of 6 responses per week, on at least 3 days of the week.
• Each response needs at least ONE reference with citations—best if it is a peer reviewed journal article
• Each response needs to be at least 75 words in length (does not include your list of references)
• Responses need to be substantive by bringing information to the discussion or further enhance the discussion. Responses of “I agree” or “great post” does not count for the word count.
• Follow APA 7th edition
• Points will be deducted if the above is not followed

• Remember to use and follow APA-7th edition for all weekly assignments, discussion questions, and participation points.
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