Overview
Methods Draft Assignment Instructions
Overview
You will write a 5-10-page Methods Draft Assignment for your developing research project. See the Dissertation Handbook for the appendix with the example that best fits your design for detailed information (Appendix D for quantitative research [Chapter 3, Method Chapter], Appendix E for qualitative research [Chapter 3, Method]).
Instructions
Give an overview of what you will cover in this assignment (one paragraph).
Share your design and why it’s appropriate (one paragraph)
Share your working research question(s) ;
Participants you would recruit and how would you recruit them;
Procedure for you study (For example, if a survey study, how will you administer the survey--online? If so, what website or degree program will you use? If a qualitative study, what strategy(ies) do you use (Interviews? Focus groups? Etc.)? If an experiment, what will you have your participants do in your study? Etc.)
For studies with quantitative designs, describe your measures (How will you operationalize and measure your core constructs and principles?). For those that are qualitative, describe your interview strategy (Semi-structured? Approximate number of questions? Estimated interview time? Etc.);
For quantitative studies, define your dependent variables, independent variables, and covariates (if applicable). For qualitative studies, provide sample working interview questions;
For quantitative studies, identify what types of statistical procedures you would use to analyze your data and why (Data Analysis section). For qualitative studies, describe your strategy to interpret your data
For quantitative studies, address issues related to internal and external validity. Do not just name threats (e.g., history or maturation), but specifically describe how particular threats are relevant to this study. Also, address statistical validity issues which should include concepts of Type I and Type II errors, power, and effect size. If an outcome study, include clinical significance in this discussion. For qualitative studies, describe the role of investigator biases in your study and how you will demonstrate evidence of quality (procedures to assure accuracy of the data)