The Research Profile is an essential document as you develop your prospectus and dissertation. The research profile, as described below, enables students to quickly bring instructors up to date on their research to a) facilitate understanding students' goals and aspirations and, b) as a summary of the topic so that the students might easily communicate their research ideas. Create a research profile for a qualitative research design. The Research Profile must include the following information in approximately four (4) to eight (8) single-spaced pages. It must be written following APA style using APA style headings. However, this document must be a single-spaced rather than double-spaced with double-spacing between sections. The following sections should be included. • Proposed Title: A short but descriptive title of the research of no more than 15 words. • Research Problem and Gap: A brief one to a two-paragraph description of the research topic that identifies the subject and the concern needing to be studied (this description forms the research problem). • Research Purpose Statement: A single sentence statement of the objective or intent of the research. It is the larger question that the study will seek to answer. • Research Questions: Designed to divide the research topic into several sub-problems, "RQs" provide researchable questions that will be answered through the research design and reported on in the dissertation. • Delimitations of the Research: Delimitations are the boundaries of the study and define what will and will not be studied. • Research Population: All individuals, groups, or subjects of interest to the researcher and that share something in common and will be the focus of the study. • Research Sample(s) and Sampling Technique(s): Describes the research participants from the population of interest to be included in the study and how they will be selected for the study. • Methodological Design: Briefly describes how the study will be conducted and what approach will be used in the study design. • Proposed Instrumentation (if known): Describe any intended research tools such as surveys, tests, interviews, inventories, or other means of collecting data. • Limitations of Generalization: This is the range of appropriate applications of the findings based on the sample and population and the outcomes of the research. • Research Competencies to Conduct Study: Describes the competencies the researcher must possess or attain or for which the researcher must seek out in supporting consultants. • Precedent Literature: A list of at least five (5) critically essential sources relevant to the research.