A 20 Step Checklist for your Qualitative Research Projects
Puebla program
Fall 2003


Name:

Mark with an X if you have already accomplished the following steps. They should be done somehow in a chronological order:

1.        Have you chosen your preferred topic?

2.        Have you limited the scope of your research?

3.        Have you found enough bibliography that supports your research ideas?

4.        Have you finished writing the introduction, justification, and methodology design for your project?

5.        Have you discussed your topic with at least two or three experts in the field?

6.        Have you decided how exactly and how effectively you are planning to collect your data? Remember that 
                these data are essential for a qualitative study?

7.        Have you piloted your questionnaires before you give them out to your subjects?

8.        Have you decided how many people will be used for your interviews (video or audio)

9.        Have you started collecting any data at all so far?

10.      Have you learned anything knew regarding your topic based on your data?

11.      Have you started interpreting your data?

12.      Have you finished interpreting all of the data you collected for this study?

13.      Have you started writing your initial conclusions based on the interpretation of your data?

14.      Have you finished writing your personal conclusions drawn from this study, as well as suggestions for         
                further research?

15.      Have you included all of the appendices in your final document?

16.      Have you included all of the bibliographical references used in your study?

17.      Have you done the final editing and proof-reading of your project?

18.      Have you met with an UDLAP professor to review the grammar and the content of your final document? 
                Evelin and Domingo

19.      Have you rehearsed with an UDLAP professor your oral report which should be no more than 30 min. 
                long? Evelin

20.      Have you made final changes on your document in order to hand it in to Evelin before the deadline?