For this assignment you need to submit your research methods section of your paper. You will need to explain how your study would be carried out. What research design and methodology do you plan to use? Your explanation needs to be clear enough that it would allow someone to replicate your study. You will need to choose whether you want to do a qualitative or quantitative study, and how you will collect your data, and what you will do with your data. In other words, how will you analyze the data in order to test your hypothesis. Please also include a sampling plan to show the reader why you chose the data. Make sure that your proposed data has a beginning and an end. Remember, the point of the methodology section is to show the reader that you are not simply collecting data to support a hypothesis. Show the reader what your plan is and justify it with reference to scholarly articles on the philosophy of methodology. Give some thought to why this method is the best one to answer your research question. Is it because the data is available in one method but not another? Is it because the data will be more or less reliable? Consider whether the study is replicable and whether the data is available.
Please include the following elements:
- Research question.
- Research hypothesis.
- Overall methodology including why you did not choose to use the other method.
- Proposed collection of data and sampling plan including data parameters.
- Analysis methodology and how you will test the hypothesis.
- Ethical considerations and limitations of your study
Technical Requirements
- Your paper must be at a minimum of 2-3 pages (the Title and Reference pages do not count towards the minimum limit).
- Peer reviewed and scholarly references should be used. You should include at least 2 references for this assignment.
- Type in Times New Roman, 12 point and double space.
- Students will follow the current APA Style as the sole citation and reference style used in written work submitted as part of coursework.
- Points will be deducted for the use of Wikipedia or encyclopedic type sources. It is highly advised to utilize books, peer-reviewed journals, articles, archived documents, etc.
- All submissions will be graded using the assignment rubric.
This assignment is an addition to the two attachment, please utilize them to assist you. They will all be combined together for a final project.
