Draft Mixed Methods Proposal:
Eventually, the University will require you to make a formal proposal for your research. This week, you will gain some practice creating a portion of such a proposal by drafting a submission to your Instructor. Using your work in this week and in previous weeks, propose a mixed methods study, addressing the following:
• Formulate relevant research questions and hypotheses.
• Can your idea be tested with any of the various types of experimental designs? Why or why not?
• What is your design? Why have you chosen that design?
• What is your target population? How would you identify and recruit participants?
• What data collection method might you use? How would that data help answer your research question(s)/hypotheses?
• How consistent are these data collection methods with methods used in existing research on your topic? Why did you choose these methods? What are the alternatives?
• How would you ensure quality and reliability of the data?
• How might you analyze the data?
• What are the target audiences for your findings?