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1. There should be a clear statement of the research problem, including the broad question.
2. You should include your conceptual model. This section should clearly indicate how you have developed three sources of knowledge, core concepts, connections between concepts, and emerging assumptions or questions.
3. There should be a description of setting as well as indication of how the respondents in your field work are connected to the setting at all levels of setting.
4. Be certain to discuss the criteria that you used to select a respondent or respondents.
5. Have you described your respondent (s) using aspects of portraiture in order to recreate scene, setting and personality?
6. Is there a brief literature review in which you explore your chosen information gathering method (s) and in which you describe how you have adapted the method (s) to your problem?
7. It is important to summarize your findings in context. A meaningful way of doing this is through the use of a vignette with commentary, interview material and observation.
8. Did you remember to include a rich section of transcript with your report? It should be placed at the end of the paper.
9 There should be a table in which the categories extracted during content analysis are listed. With each category there should be one or more distinctive examples of text that illustrate the category.
10. Be certain to list and define the themes that emerged in your work. What do they mean and how should they be understood? Did you provide your reader with examples of text to illustrate the themes?
11. How well do the themes reflect the assumptions that you used at the beginning of the paper?
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