a. Describes the role of the researcher in the data collection process and provides a peer-reviewed or seminal source.
b. Describes any relationship the researcher may have had with the topic, participants, or research area.
c. Provides a brief description of the researcher’s role related to ethics and the Belmont Report protocol.
d. Qualitative studies: Describes how the student will mitigate bias and avoid viewing data through a personal lens/or perspective.
e. Qualitative studies with interviews: Briefly describes the rationale for an interview protocol.