CREATING PROTOCOLS FOR TRUSTWORTHINESS IN QUALITATIVE RESEARCH

be provided within the document. One option is the creation of a trustworthiness protocol with details noting the characteristic of rigor, the process used to document the rigor, and then a timeline directing the planned time for conducting trustworthiness activities. After reviewing several documents, an actual plan of conducting trustworthiness as not found. Thus, these authors set out to create a trustworthiness protocol designed not only for the dissertation, but aframework for others who must create similar trustworthiness protocols for their research. The purpose of this article is to provide a reference for the trustworthiness plan, a dissertation example and showcase a trustworthiness protocol that may be used as an example to other qualitative researchers embarking on the creation of a trustworthiness protocol that is concrete and clear.