Since looking over the rubric and beginning the rough draft, there are a few aspects of the proposal that I still find a bit challenging. Since there has never been a study very similar to this one before, I cannot duplicate a data collection instrument that has already been created, so I'll have to create my own. Never creating an instrument before leads me into the abyss of "unknown", especially since I had no clue that there was a system (or whatever you were sharing with us at the end of class regarding instrument creation). To try and counteract this, I plan (just haven't gotten around to it yet) do some online research and maybe snag you after class on Thursday if I have further questions. Another challenging aspect of the proposal is the trustworthiness part. We spent a ton of time in class talking about internal validity and I feel like I do have a good grasp on that, but still a little confused as to what trustworthiness really looks like when explained in a text like the proposal. I plan (just haven't gotten around to it yet) read IN DETAIL the article you gave us regarding this topic. Finally, the lit review still seems a bit challenging to me. I have read all the articles I plan to use and have created three topics for the lit review (along with developing a rough outline), but to sit down and actually write this out seems really daunting. I think I lack confidence in my ability to really understand if the articles are 100% relevant to my research question.
Like I mentioned in the beginning, I do feel the most confident in this endeavor than I have all semester long. It feels good to know the design of my study, and with that piece of information, I feel many of the other pieces, i.e., participants, sampling, ways to collect data, have really fallen into place.
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