Read“A 15-Step Model for Writing a Research
Proposal” in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.
Submit a 2800- to 3500-word research proposal on a human-services-related
topic of your choice. Include the following:
·
Title page
·
Abstract
·
Introduction and literature
review:
o
Refer to the Learning Team
assignments for Week Two: Research Problem and Literature Review.
o
Make sure that this section
address the following:
·
Background information on
the topic area
·
Scope/rationale for the
proposal or importance of the study
·
Statement of the research
question /hypothesis/research problem
·
Methodology
o
Participants or target
population (age, gender, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and so on)
o
Recruitment and informed
consent process
o
Sampling method and sample
size
o
Research design, including
independent variable(s) and dependent
variable(s)
o
Instrumentation or data
collection methods (including data collection time points, reliability and
validity)
·
Proposed data analyses
o
Descriptive statistics
o
Inferential statistics
o
Predicted findings
·
Timeline for the proposed
study
·
References
Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include
a title page and a reference page (No abstract is necessary).
