HCS 542 Methodology Outline Assignment

HCS 542 Methodology Outline Assignment

HCS 542 Methodology Outline Assignment

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HCS 542 WEEK 5 Research Study Proposal–Part III: Methodology Outline

HCS 542 WEEK 5 Research Study Proposal–Part III: Methodology Outline

In this week’s individual assignment, we consider the method section of our research proposal.  This week, we focus on our sample of participants and what we’ll ask them to do, as well as what specific data we’ll collect and how we plan to analyze it.  It can be helpful to read the Method sections of some of the empirical articles you’ve read for class to give you an idea of what this might look like.

Research Study Proposal – Part III: Methodology Outline Instructions:

Select the population, sample size, and data collection methods appropriate for your problem statement and research question.

Develop an outline describing each of the following:

  • Your identified target population;
  • Your specific sample of participants:
    • What/who will comprise your sample(s)?
    • How you will find and recruit them?
    • How large will your sample(s) be?
    • What is your rationale for these decisions, including method for determining your sample size?
  • Method for getting the data from the sample:
    • What general process will you use to collect the data? (e.g., Where will you collect it?  Who will collect it?  etc.  What is the process you and the participant will go through so you can get the data, in other words?)
    • What specific variables and/or comparison groups you will be studying, and how specifically will you measure those variables?
      • What instruments or measurements will you use to get the data?
      • What specific questions will you ask your participants, if you are using a survey or questionnaire?
      • How did you decide on these particular instruments and questions?
  • Ethical Considerations
  • Plan for data analysis:
    • What descriptive and inferential statistics you will gather and calculate with regard to the data?
    • What is your rationale for choosing each of these different statistics to look at?

Include the rationales for the various methods and decisions you are using/making, throughout.

Provide citations/references as appropriate to support your ideas, rationales and decisions.

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HCS 542 WEEK 5 Research Study Proposal–Part III: Methodology Outline

You must proofread your paper. But do not strictly rely on your computer’s spell-checker and grammar-checker; failure to do so indicates a lack of effort on your part and you can expect your grade to suffer accordingly. Papers with numerous misspelled words and grammatical mistakes will be penalized. Read over your paper – in silence and then aloud – before handing it in and make corrections as necessary. Often it is advantageous to have a friend proofread your paper for obvious errors. Handwritten corrections are preferable to uncorrected mistakes.

Use a standard 10 to 12 point (10 to 12 characters per inch) typeface. Smaller or compressed type and papers with small margins or single-spacing are hard to read. It is better to let your essay run over the recommended number of pages than to try to compress it into fewer pages.

Likewise, large type, large margins, large indentations, triple-spacing, increased leading (space between lines), increased kerning (space between letters), and any other such attempts at “padding” to increase the length of a paper are unacceptable, wasteful of trees, and will not fool your professor.

The paper must be neatly formatted, double-spaced with a one-inch margin on the top, bottom, and sides of each page. When submitting hard copy, be sure to use white paper and print out using dark ink. If it is hard to read your essay, it will also be hard to follow your argument.

Assignment Policies

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Please read all of the information about the assignments below:

FORMAT FOR ALL ASSIGNMENTS

The assignments are to be done in Microsoft Word with Times New Roman 12- point font. Each assignment should use the modified APA 6th edition format. The assignment templates are set up in this modified format. The reference page should be in the APA format for every reference. The word requirement for the assignments are specifically stated in the guidelines of the assignment. The word count is from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion paragraph. FYI.

REFERENCE REQUIREMENTS

1- There should be a cited reference for each section of a paper as there are conclusion statements in each section (to meet the grading criteria) so the conclusion should be supported by a reference as the assignments are evidence-based research, clinical papers.

2- Word Count- The word count is done from the first word of the introductory paragraph to the last word of the conclusion. The word count must be within the minimum and maximum word limit stated in the assignment instructions. A 10% – point reduction will be made in the total points for the assignment.

Week 1 and 5 assignments should have SIX studies. Week 5 assignment is a compilation of sections from the week 1, 2 & 3 assignments.

Weeks 2 and 3 need to have at least THREE studies in the form of research studies. Please make sure that you look at the instructions for the assignment as well as the grading rubric. I have also provided templates for ALL assignments. It is in your best interest to use these as it will guide you so that you do not make common formatting errors.

APA FORMAT FOR ASSIGNMENT

Please utilize the resources in the STUDENT SUCCESS CENTER if you have difficulty with APA 6th Edition format, grammar, sentence structure, punctuation or tense structure.

SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS

Always submit the assignment in the drop box for that assignment. I cannot accept any assignment as an attachment to an email sent to my college email. Attaching it to a posting to the Questions to Instructor Forum or the Individual Forum is also not accepted.

I cannot grade any assignment unless it is placed into the drop box by the student per university policy.

Turn-It-In / Lopes Write

This is to be used for the assignments for these three weeks (2, 3 & 5) and it is NOT required for Week 1. All assignments will be placed through Turn It In first and then submitted in the drop box on the course shell. No assignments will be accepted as attachments to emails as this is not the university policy.

Grading Rubric-

The rubric for each assignment is found in the upper right- hand corner of the assignment page under the Forum Tab. Compare the requirements of the rubric with your paper prior to submission into the drop box so you will receive full credit for all graded criteria of the paper.

Late Assignment-

Any assignment that is late will have 10% deducted each day it is late. This is a 5- week class. It is imperative that you ask for help if you are having difficulty with an assignment.

You need to contact me as soon as possible if an assignment will be late prior to the submission deadline.