Recruiting and Selecting Participants

Recruiting and Selecting Participants Complete your Module 4 Assignment by the end of Week 4. You will decide on a final target population for your qualitative study and develop an infographic to recruit and select participants representative of the population. At least five participants must be identified by the end of Module 5. In the Module 3 assignment, you selected a final target population for your qualitative research study. In this assignment, you will determine the criteria for participant selection, convey the criteria in an infographic flier, and distribute the flier to the target population. Using the criteria, you will select five participants from the target population by the end of Module 5 to participate in the questionnaire you will develop in the Module 6 assignment. Since this is a simulated research project, your selection criteria can be focused on your topic of interest, keeping in mind that your classmates may not meet any of the criteria. Note: Use the People link in your Canvas course to select participants and distribute the infographic flier. You can use the People link to send emails to your classmates in Canvas. Step 1. Access Access your updated qualitative research paper from the Module 3 assignment and the Qualitative Research Paper Outline from the Module 1 Learning Objects page. Step 2. Revisit Revisit the potential target population you identified, and update the population as needed. Remember, the selected population will provide the data for your research study. Step 3. Determine Determine the criteria for participant selection in the study. For example, what education, position, real-life experiences must participants have to be eligible and provide relevant data in the study? Step 4. Develop Develop the population section of your qualitative research paper by answering and elaborating on these prompts. Identify and describe the target population for your qualitative research study. What are the criteria for participating in the study? How will you ensure the criteria are met? Be sure to discuss any processes, action items, milestones, and deadlines that will be required in this study. How will you select the five participants? (Consider the types of sampling.) What will be your backup recruitment strategy if the infographic does not yield the desired five participants? Step 5. Create Create and design an infographic as a recruitment flier for your qualitative research study. Include the title of your research study, the purpose, clear and explicit participant selection criteria, your contact information, and the deadline for a response. The infographic will become an Appendix A in your qualitative research paper. See the Learning Objects page for infographic tools or select a tool of your choice. Step 6. Distribute Distribute the infographic recruitment flier to the target population. Step 7. Select Using the criteria, select five participants from the target population by the end of Module 5 to participate in the study and the questionnaire beginning in the Module 6 assignment. You can use the People list in the course and then send a Canvas email to invite them to participate. Step 8: Submit Submit the infographic recruitment flier in this module assignment. You will submit the Target Population and Sample section of your qualitative research paper in Module 5. Time-Sensitive Preview – In preparation for the Module 6 assignment, you will need to select five participants for your qualitative research study who are willing to complete the questionnaire by the end of Module 5. The questionnaire should be completed by the end of Module 7.