Research Method
There are two parts to this assignment. Both parts will be submitted in a single document in Blackboard for grading.
For Part 1 of this assignment, you will develop a potential topic and locate supporting literature.
- Conduct research to locate three peer-reviewed academic sources that have been published within the last 5 years. Sources chosen should be those you find to be the most relevant and valuable to your topic.
- Write a brief introduction explaining your research topic, including a discussion of your research question and hypotheses.
- Create an annotated bibliography for your three sources.
- Summarize why these sources are important to your upcoming research paper.
For Part II of this assignment, you will design a research plan on the potential topic that you have chosen. You will NOT conduct the actual research; rather, you will simply provide a written plan as if you were going to prepare to conduct the research.
Provide a design specification for your research project. The purpose of the design specification is to set out a detailed plan of the method or methods you have chosen to investigate your research problem.
Next, include the elements below in your research plan.
- Explain the research topic and research questions.
- Describe the appropriate hypotheses.
- Describe the methods (e.g., nature, number of observations/data generation instances).
- Provide operational definitions of variables/evidence.
- Describe your subject selection and the sampling procedure/rationale for participant recruitment.
- Provide stepwise data collection/generation procedures (number your steps).
- List the instruments used.
- Explain the method for addressing reliability (as applicable).
- Indicate your method of analysis.
- Detail any ethical considerations for your study.
Support your research plan with two scholarly resources (in addition to those used in part I).
Combined, Parts I and II of this assignment must be at least eight pages but no more than 10, not counting the title or reference pages. Adhere to APA Style when constructing this assignment, including in-text citations and references for all sources that are used. Please note that no abstract is needed.
