Assignment task:
Describe, predict, and explain characteristics of intimate relationships. Select one hypothesis to develop with a research method. What are the purposes, advantages, and disadvantages of specific social science research methods. Based on your new knowledge of social science research methods, identify a few possible methods to investigate your hypothesis.
Design a research method to investigate your hypothesis based on your selection. Identify whether your method is qualitative or quantitative. Develop any instruments that your method requires. Identify your target audience identity and size. Aim to be specific, and include all relevant details. Creating a coherent research method requires sufficient detail to be included to explain how the research was gathered, tested, reported, and organized. After reading this section of a research report, a reader should be able to recreate the research exactly. Depending on the subject matter and the type of research method being used, the methodology section can vary in length. Items requiring explanation include timelines, objectives, limitations, instruments used to collect data, data collection, ethical considerations, and any type of statistical analysis to be administered to the data. Provide a set of instructions detailed enough for another person to follow when collecting data.