Milestone Assignment: Methodology, Design, and Data
In the discussion for Module Five, you stated your proposed method, design, and data-collection instruments along with the reason behind each. For this milestone, you will take this information, revise it, and develop a fleshed-out paper that discusses all aspects of the method, design, and data for your proposal. In your capstone research proposal, you will develop a well-organized research concept paper that lays the foundation for a solid plan to implement research. You will address a relevant problem that aligns with your focus within the field of psychology. You may choose a problem that reveals a gap in our understanding and requires you to provide an explanation of psychological phenomena and variables. Or it may be an applied problem that directly involves the psychological well- being of individuals, communities, or organizations. One major section of this proposal is the research design. If you refer to the Final Project Guidelines and Rubric document, you will see that this is one of the required sections of your proposal. Completing this milestone will provide you with a solid foundation for your capstone project.
Prompt: Include a detailed plan to collect and analyze data, and highlight the types of sources you would use. You may choose a qualitative or quantitative approach. However, your choice of method, design, sampling, data collection, analysis, and overall process should be justified and should logically fit with your research question(s). Proposals that involve implementation of interventions will have a program evaluation component that must include research design. In this paper, you will paint a picture of the entire process to show how you will conduct the study.
In your submission, be sure to include the following critical elements:
• State the chosen research method or methods used; are they qualitative, quantitative, or both?
• Discuss why the chosen method or methods are best for the research topic or evaluation of the intervention.
• Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the research design and why it is the best design for the proposed study or evaluation of the intervention.
• Select valid and reliable data-collection tools for the research questions (and research design) or develop data-collection tools and explain how validity and reliability will be determined.
• Support the selection of the population and sampling procedures.
• Describe the process used to collect data from recruitment to consent to data collection; this should include ethical considerations and mitigation.
• Explain the proposed data-analysis process, including any transcription and transformation of data for analysis, as well as the use of tools, including software, for analysis.
• Select and justify statistical analysis and/or processes for qualitative analysis; be sure to discuss methods for ensuring reliability of qualitative analysis if applicable.
• Explain the limitations and assumptions connected to the research.
• Propose how the findings will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders, users, and interested parties.
• Ensure the submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, or syntax.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
1. The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
2. The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
3. Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.
Attachment:- Milestone.rar