Research Design Review is a research blog that went live more than 12 years ago, back in November 2009. RDR currently consists of approximately 270 articles, has more than 875 subscribers and well over one million views. Although many articles in RDR discuss some aspect of the Total Quality Framework, eight articles published in 2021 were devoted to two specific areas relevant to the Total Quality Framework, i.e., research integrity and the qualitative research proposal. These eight articles are the focus in this document, “The Total Quality Framework: 8 Articles in RDR in 2021 on Research Integrity & Qualitative Research Proposal Design.”

As stated in the introduction to this document, many other compilations of RDR articles are available. In addition to those mentioned, year-end collections of articles are typically available, with the first of these posted in January 2012, “Questions & Answers: Selected Articles from Research Design Review.”