Qualitative Research

Developing Research Instrument (app. 1200 words)Option A: Qualitative Research Instrument· Design an interview guide (suitable for either a focus group or in-depth interview) or an ethnographic observation guide to address the research objectives and/or hypotheses identified above. You are encouraged to be creative and use different interviewing techniques and questions (e.g. projective techniques, photographs etc). Attach the interview/observation guide and supporting prompts in Appendix A.· In the essay, provide an explanation of the research process involve – i.e. how do you intend to carry out your research study. For example,· Focus Group: if you are conducting a focus group, how do you design your focus group? Is your group composition homogenous or heterogeneous? Why? What is the duration of your focus group? How many people will you be recruiting per group? How many groups do you intend to conduct? Who will be the moderator? Justify your focus group design choices.· In-depth Interview: What type of interviews do you intend to conduct? Semi-structured or unstructured? What topic areas do you intend to cover? How do you probe for richer answers? Justify your interview design choices.· Ethnography: What type of observation do you intend to carry out? Is your observation overt or covert? Do you intend to participate in the activities of your participants or would observe from a distant? Why? Would you be interviewing your participants on-site? Justify your ethnographic design choices.· How did you develop your interview/observation guide? What interviewing techniques do you intend to employ? Why? What type of questions do you design for your interview? How do you probe for further answers? Are you using any projective techniques? If so, which projective techniques do you intend to use and why? Do you intend to use any prompts such as photographs, videos, diaries? If you are conducting observation, what would you be observing? Do you intend to engage in a descriptive, focused or selective observation? Why?· Where possible, provide examples by illustrating your research instrument (interview/observation guide) to support your explanation above.