Assignment : Quantitative Methodology
Your research question may or may not be appropriately answered using Quantitative Research methodology. In this assignment you will apply what you have learned about quantitative methodology from the readings and the Assignment 1 discussion to your own research question. If your research question is best answered using Quantitative methodology, stick with it and complete the critique below. If not, how might you alter your question so that it may be answered using quantitative methodology? Although research is driven by questions, for this assignment we are going to turn it around so we may explore the benefits and differences of various types of methodologies. Adjust your question to fit a quantitative design and complete the critique below.
For example: The question "What are the perceptions of students regarding their experiences with faculty mentors" is best answered by gathering qualitative data through unstructured interviews via email correspondence. This question could become a quantitative question by altering the question to "What types of interactions do students value most with their faculty mentors?" To answer this quantitative question we could survey 250 students using an instrument identifying 15 functions of a faculty mentor on a likert scale (very helpful to not helpful).
Variables: Identify the Dependent and Independent Variables.
Quantitative Research method design: survey, experimental, quasi-experimental, pretest/posttest control group, cross-sectional, longitudinal, etc.
Instrument(s) analysis: Identify potential measures that will help to answer your research questions and discuss their reliability and validity.
Data analysis: Discuss the statistical software, if any, that will be used in analysis of the data and the type of analyses that may be included. Discuss the anticipated generalizability of the results.
Consent: What type of consent, if any, will be obtained from the participants?