Thursday, February 19, 2009

Writing the Proposal for a Qualitative Research Methodology Project

Writing the proposal for a qualitative research methodology study is a double challenge
because of the emergent nature of qualitative research design and because a methodology
study entails describing a process to produce a process. How the authors addressed this challenge
is shown in the annotated text of the grant proposal—“Analytic Techniques for Qualitative
Metasynthesis”—funded by the National Institute of Nursing Research. Appealing
qualitative research proposals adhere to principles that engage writers and readers in an
informative and mutually respectful interaction.
Margarete Sandelowski
Julie Barroso

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