I have written my Chapter 3 proposal for leadership competencies. I was hoping you could go over and rewrite them again.
This is a qualitative paper, and it should follow the methodology.
Leadership Competencies for Cybersecurity Managers in the Post-COVID-19 Remote Work Environment
Chapter 3: Research Method
Each of the following sections contains a suggested page length and recommended content sections; however, the length and content sections should be determined by sufficiency, completeness, and the nature of the research. Please contact the Committee Chair if there are additional questions on the applicability of each of the sections to the research.
Introduction
Note: Heading not required in APA 7
Restate the study purpose as described in Chapter 1. Preview the major sections of the chapter. This introduction to the chapter should be less than 1 page in length.
Rationale for the Research Approach
Identify the research design and its connection to the research questions. Explain any time and resource constraints consistent with the design choice. Describe how the design choice is consistent with research designs needed to advance knowledge in the discipline. Concisely state the study variables (independent, dependent, covariate, mediating, and/or moderating variables) as appropriate. This section should be 1-3 pages in length.
Methodology
The methodology needs to be described in sufficient depth so that other researchers can replicate the study. If doing an experiment, describe the nature of the work.
Population
If conducting a survey, define the target population. State target population size (if known) or approximate/estimated size. This section should be less than 1 page in length.
Sampling and Sampling Procedures
If conducing a survey, identify and justify the type of sampling strategy. Explain specific procedures for how the sample was drawn. Describe the sampling frame (inclusion and exclusion criteria). This section may be about 1 page in length.
Procedures for Recruitment, Participation, and Data Collection (Primary Data)
For human factors research, thoroughly describe recruiting procedures and particular demographic information that will be collected. Describe how participants will be provided informed consent. Describe how data will be collected. Explain how participants exit the study (for example, debriefing procedures, etc.). Describe any follow-up procedures (such as requirements to return for follow-up interviews, etc.). This section may be about 1 page or more in length.
Artifacts
If the research contribution is the creation of data/information or the addition of significant knowledge to an existing dataset, a description of the methodology to verify and disseminate it should be included.
Pilot Study (optional)
Describe the relationship of the pilot study to the main study (for example, what is the purpose of the pilot study?). This section may not be appropriate for all studies, but if provided should be 1-3 pages in length. Many of the techniques used in the primary study and the pilot study may be the same.
Instrumentation (optional)
For published instruments, provide:
• Name of developer(s) and year of publication
• Appropriateness to the current study
• Permission from developer to use the instrument (permission letter should be included in an appendix).
• Published reliability and validity values relevant to their use in the study.
• Where and / or with what populations the instrument was previously used and how validity / reliability values were established in the study sample.
For all researcher instruments provide:
• Basis for development (literature sources or other bases for development such as a pilot study).
• Plan to provide evidence for reliability (for example, internal consistency and test / retest).
• Plan to provide evidence for validity (for example, predictive and construct validity).
• Establish sufficiency of instrumentation to answer research questions.
This section may be 2-4 pages in length.
Data Analysis Plan
Identify software used for analyses. Provide an explanation of data cleaning and screening procedures as appropriate to the study. Restate the research questions and hypotheses here as written in Chapter 1.
• Describe in detail the analysis plan including the elements below.
• Statistical tests that will be used to test the research question(s)/hypothesis (es)
• Procedures used to account for multiple statistical tests, as appropriate
• Rationale for inclusion of potential covariates and / or confounding variables
• How results will be interpreted (e.g., key parameter estimates, confidence intervals and / or probability values, odds ratios).
• Assumptions related to the selected hypotheses
This section may be 3-6 pages in length.
Trustworthiness
External Validity
Describe threats to external validity (e.g., testing reactivity, interaction effects of selection and experimental variables, specificity of variables, reactive effects of experimental arrangements, and multiple-treatment interference, as appropriate to the study) and how they will be and / or were addressed. This section may be 1-2 pages in length.
Internal Validity
Describe threats to internal validity (for example, history, maturation, statistical regression, experimental mortality, and selection-maturation interaction as appropriate to the study) and how they will be and / or were addressed. This section may be about 1 page in length.
Construct Validity
For surveys, describe any threats to construct or statistical conclusion validity. This section may be about 1 page in length.
Ethical Considerations
Agreements to gain access to participants or data (include actual documents in the IRB application). Describe the treatment of human participants including the following (include actual documents in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) application):
• Institutional permissions, including IRB approvals that are needed (proposal) or were obtained (for the completed dissertation, include relevant IRB approval numbers in the final dissertation).
• Ethical concerns related to recruitment materials and processes and a plan to address them.
• Ethical concerns related to data collection/intervention activities (these could include participants refusing participation or early withdrawal from the study and response to any predicable adverse events) and a plan to address them.
Describe treatment of data (including archival data), including issues of:
• Whether data are anonymous or confidential and any concerns related to each.
• Protection for confidential data (data storage procedures, data dissemination, who will have access to the data, and when the data will be destroyed.
• Other ethical issues as applicable (these issues could include doing a study within one’s own work environment; conflict of interest or power differentials, and justification for use of incentives). This section should be 1-3 pages in length.
Summary
Summary of design and methodology of the method of inquiry. Provide a transition statement to Chapter 4. This section should about 1 page in length.
Chapter 3: Research Method
Each of the following sections contains a suggested page length and recommended content sections; however, the length and content sections should be determined by sufficiency, completeness, and the nature of the research. Please contact the Committee Chair if there are additional questions on the applicability of each of the sections to the research.
Introduction
Note: Heading not required in APA 7
Restate the study purpose as described in Chapter 1. Preview the major sections of the chapter. This introduction to the chapter should be less than 1 page in length.
Rationale for the Research Approach
Identify the research design and its connection to the research questions. Explain any time and resource constraints consistent with the design choice. Describe how the design choice is consistent with research designs needed to advance knowledge in the discipline. Concisely state the study variables (independent, dependent, covariate, mediating, and/or moderating variables) as appropriate. This section should be 1-3 pages in length.
Methodology
The methodology needs to be described in sufficient depth so that other researchers can replicate the study. If doing an experiment, describe the nature of the work.
Population
If conducting a survey, define the target population. State target population size (if known) or approximate/estimated size. This section should be less than 1 page in length.
Sampling and Sampling Procedures
If conducing a survey, identify and justify the type of sampling strategy. Explain specific procedures for how the sample was drawn. Describe the sampling frame (inclusion and exclusion criteria). This section may be about 1 page in length.
Procedures for Recruitment, Participation, and Data Collection (Primary Data)
For human factors research, thoroughly describe recruiting procedures and particular demographic information that will be collected. Describe how participants will be provided informed consent. Describe how data will be collected. Explain how participants exit the study (for example, debriefing procedures, etc.). Describe any follow-up procedures (such as requirements to return for follow-up interviews, etc.). This section may be about 1 page or more in length.
Artifacts
If the research contribution is the creation of data/information or the addition of significant knowledge to an existing dataset, a description of the methodology to verify and disseminate it should be included.
Pilot Study (optional)
Describe the relationship of the pilot study to the main study (for example, what is the purpose of the pilot study?). This section may not be appropriate for all studies, but if provided should be 1-3 pages in length. Many of the techniques used in the primary study and the pilot study may be the same.
Instrumentation (optional)
For published instruments, provide:
• Name of developer(s) and year of publication
• Appropriateness to the current study
• Permission from developer to use the instrument (permission letter should be included in an appendix).
• Published reliability and validity values relevant to their use in the study.
• Where and / or with what populations the instrument was previously used and how validity / reliability values were established in the study sample.
For all researcher instruments provide:
• Basis for development (literature sources or other bases for development such as a pilot study).
• Plan to provide evidence for reliability (for example, internal consistency and test / retest).
• Plan to provide evidence for validity (for example, predictive and construct validity).
• Establish sufficiency of instrumentation to answer research questions.
This section may be 2-4 pages in length.
Data Analysis Plan
Identify software used for analyses. Provide an explanation of data cleaning and screening procedures as appropriate to the study. Restate the research questions and hypotheses here as written in Chapter 1.
• Describe in detail the analysis plan including the elements below.
• Statistical tests that will be used to test the research question(s)/hypothesis (es)
• Procedures used to account for multiple statistical tests, as appropriate
• Rationale for inclusion of potential covariates and / or confounding variables
• How results will be interpreted (e.g., key parameter estimates, confidence intervals and / or probability values, odds ratios).
• Assumptions related to the selected hypotheses
This section may be 3-6 pages in length.
Trustworthiness
External Validity
Describe threats to external validity (e.g., testing reactivity, interaction effects of selection and experimental variables, specificity of variables, reactive effects of experimental arrangements, and multiple-treatment interference, as appropriate to the study) and how they will be and / or were addressed. This section may be 1-2 pages in length.
Internal Validity
Describe threats to internal validity (for example, history, maturation, statistical regression, experimental mortality, and selection-maturation interaction as appropriate to the study) and how they will be and / or were addressed. This section may be about 1 page in length.
Construct Validity
For surveys, describe any threats to construct or statistical conclusion validity. This section may be about 1 page in length.
Ethical Considerations
Agreements to gain access to participants or data (include actual documents in the IRB application). Describe the treatment of human participants including the following (include actual documents in the Institutional Review Board (IRB) application):
• Institutional permissions, including IRB approvals that are needed (proposal) or were obtained (for the completed dissertation, include relevant IRB approval numbers in the final dissertation).
• Ethical concerns related to recruitment materials and processes and a plan to address them.
• Ethical concerns related to data collection/intervention activities (these could include participants refusing participation or early withdrawal from the study and response to any predicable adverse events) and a plan to address them.
Describe treatment of data (including archival data), including issues of:
• Whether data are anonymous or confidential and any concerns related to each.
• Protection for confidential data (data storage procedures, data dissemination, who will have access to the data, and when the data will be destroyed.
• Other ethical issues as applicable (these issues could include doing a study within one’s own work environment; conflict of interest or power differentials, and justification for use of incentives). This section should be 1-3 pages in length.
Summary
Summary of design and methodology of the method of inquiry. Provide a transition statement to Chapter 4. This section should about 1 page in length.
Chapter 3: Research Method