can you write a qualitative research design proposal Exploring the Development Plan of a Nonprofit Organization? you will propose a research question, write a literature review, and identify appropriate qualitative methodological tools to answer the proposed research question. There should be no quantitative methods included in this paper. The paper should be between 12-15 pages using in-text citations and references using APA style 6th edition.

write is using the following format

Introduction & Research Question Introduce your topic and propose your research question. Give context for the research question. Explain the significance of your question. Why is it important? Label this section, Introduction.

Literature Review Review literature relevant to your topic and research question. Academic journals and books are the only acceptable sources. Synthesis: Explain what prior research has uncovered by synthesizing this information into a summary that highlights key ideas & trends. Evaluation: Evaluate the arguments outlined in the literature. Are they convincing? Why/why not? What are the strengths/weaknesses of the literature? How does your proposed study fill in the gap in the literature? Label this section, Literature Review.

Theory (all papers must contain this) What is your theoretical framework? Explain your argument about your topic. What do you think is going on based on your survey of the literature? If you are using an interpretive framework, discuss theory generation and how you will go about it.

Methods/Study Description What approach are you using? Explain why the approach you chose is appropriate for your study. Discuss and justify your epistemological choices. You must demonstrate your understanding of positivist and interpretive methods. This must be addressed no matter what approach you choose. Explain how you would design your study to answer your research question using qualitative methods only. Data Collection: Describe your plan for collecting data (ex: interviews, participant observation, case studies, etc.) and justify that choice. Why is it appropriate for your research question? Sampling: How will you sample in your study, whether it be your interviews, places of participant observation, etc.? Justify your sampling strategy. Conceptualization: Define your concepts in detail. Operationalization: Explain how you would operationalize your concepts. How are you defining key terms in your study? Be sure to cite the source of these definitions. Reliability How will you deal with reliability? Validity How will you deal with validity concerns? Talk about triangulation. Data analysis How will you go about analyzing your data? Coding? Organizing? Would you use a qualitative software program? Justify your choices. Note: Make sure that the data you are gathering answers the research question you proposed. Label this section, Methods. Limitations (all papers must contain this) What are the shortcomings of this study? Are the limitations concerning data collection, validity, etc.? Label this section, Limitations. Conclusion (all papers must contain this) Restate your research question and summarize the main points of your paper. Label this section, Conclusion.