Please include the following sections in your proposal (in APA formatting):
THE DRAFT OF THIS PAPER IS ATTACHED I ALREADY DID SOME FOOTWORK ALSO I INCLUDED SCREENSHOTS OF MY PROF. NOTES FROM THE PROPOSAL THE LIT REVIEW IS WRITTEN IN THE DRAFT PROPOSAL I HAVE ATTACHED
1. Introduction
a. Background
b. Rationale and purpose
c. research question(s), objectives, and hypothesis
2. Literature review (minimum of 3 studies – should be peer-reviewed and primary studies) – should be completely worked as given in week 5 assignment document
3. Methods* (primary research – NOT systematic literature review (see below))
a. Discuss theory and/or model used for research design
b. Select your methods as quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods. For qualitative research, describe the Who, What, How, Why, and When of your research question. Which sampling method you will use, along with describing which research methods you will use and how you will collect data? For quantitative research, what data will you be collecting and how? What is the scale of measurement for your data and the units? Discuss how you will select the sample including size and composition. How will you accept or reject your hypothesis? For mixed methods research, you must choose a mixed methods design for how you will integrate qualitative and quantitative data to answer the research question.
c. Data collection procedures (must be detailed). What is the source of your data (primary or secondary)?
d. Data analysis procedures. If quantitative, provide the statistical program and tests you will run. If qualitative, discuss how you will code and identify themes.
e. Study design validation and ethics
4. Study Limitations – include potential bias, validity, confounding variables, ethical considerations and sample size issues.
5. Conclusions
a. How your results will be presented (think about tables and charts you can create)
b. How your results will be disseminated – would you like to publish? If so, where would be a good place?
c. What the impact of your study may be (policy, practice)
6. References
7. Appendices including an appendix with your timeline for the project. Develop Gantt Chart.
NOTE: You may add extra sections if it will help to format your paper.
