Description of Secondary Research Usage in the Capstone Project

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Description of Secondary Research Usage in the Capstone Project

As I focus on tackling the topic of the role of leadership in the management of emergencies, I will use a qualitative research methodology that will integrate a descriptive research design. In that regard, the specific research method that I will adopt will entail examining extant literature, including already observed data on the topic area. Precisely, this means that I will utilize secondary research, which I will review comprehensively in line with the scope of my research topic. As McCrocklin (2018) suggests, the use of secondary research will encompass wading through information and relevant data that is already available in different resources to discover the facts that relevantly correspond with the topic area that I will form the focus of my capstone project. Additionally, utilizing secondary research will entail accessing raw datasets that corroborate the analysis of what role leadership plays in managing emergencies, which is vital in deliberating and accounting for all potential concerns and considerations associated with this topic, as Johnston (2017) provides.

An exhaustive and detailed literature review of this secondary research will provide valuable knowledge of and insights into this area of study. The sources of secondary research that I will purpose to use will be authoritative and dependable literature resources obtained through a systematic literature search. I will conduct this literature search using scholarly libraries and databases of trustworthy books and journal articles, conference papers, credible websites, industry reports, government booklets, and periodicals, among other sources of secondary data. I will specify the search and inclusion criteria that I will employ in accomplishing the literature search to ensure that the sources obtained will be relevant or applicable to my topic.

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Johnston, M. P. (2017). Secondary data analysis: A method of which the time has come. Qualitative and quantitative methods in libraries, 3(3), 619-626.

McCrocklin, S. (December 13, 2018). Sources of secondary research and considerations for emerging markets. Market Research, Research Modes. Washington, DC: GeoPoll Mobile Accord, Inc. Retrieved June 9, 2020, from https://www.geopoll.com/blog/secondary-research-emerging-markets/.