Draft a 2- to 3-paragraph introduction for your final project that includes the following components:
The background of the problem
A brief problem statement
The purpose of the study
In this Application, you will complete the first step of your quantitative research proposal, which is your Final Project for this course. You will begin your research proposal by writing a thorough introduction.
To prepare for this Application:
Review the Campbell and Stanley text, Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Designs for Research.
Review the Final Project Description handout provided in this week's Learning Resources.
Consider the focus of the quantitative research you would like to propose for this course, your
Research Proposal Components
· Procedures. This is where you take the reader through a step by step of how the study will be executed. The following information needs to be present:
o How participants will be recruited.
o How participants are consented and measures to ensure that participants' rights around participation are described.
o The process for data collection. For example, if surveys are being used, how the participants complete and return them. If data are collected via observation, how are data collected?
· Statistical Analysis. This section reports in detail the steps involved in the analysis of the data. This section included:
o How data will be screened and cleaned.
o Descriptive analysis of the data.
o Description of analyses used to detect differential attrition or to ensure that groups are equivalent at the outset of the study.
o For each hypothesis, a detailed description of the analysis plan that includes:
§ Identification of independent and dependent variables.
§ If appropriate, univariate/bivariate tests that will be performed to support model development.
§ For model building strategies, such as those using multiple or logistic regression, report method being used to include variables (e.g., forward, backward, enter). If hierarchical modeling is being used, justify the order of entering variables.
§ Statistics that will be reported. For model building, you must also include model fit statistics to justify plausibility of the model.
References
All cited literature must be in accordance with the requirements of the American Psychological Association publication manual.
personal interests, and the designs presented in Campbell and Stanley.