Writing the Research Prospectus: A Guidebook for Qualitative Student Researchers

This book is a significant step towards helping doctoral learners better frame their research architecture and develop the research prospectus. The book walks the learner through all the sections of my prospectus and describes, paragraph-by-paragraph, how each section may be written succinctly and correctly. Although my original prospectus was a qualitative single case study, students can relate the step-by-step directions in the book to their own qualitative studies regardless of their specific research design. Although the book will benefit all learners pursuing qualitative studies, those pursuing a case study design, or a descriptive design would benefit the most. This book is aimed at those working on their dissertation research Prospectus.