Quanitiative Research Plan
My chosen topic: Participation of students in non-profit educational program
Section 1 (edit and reduce pages by making them full)
• Title
• Introduction
Opening statement
Background of study
Problem statement
Purpose of the study
Research question(s) and hypotheses
Theoretical framework
Section 2: Craft a 5 page paper in which you do the following:
• Assess the strengths and limitations of each of the research designs presented in Weeks 2 and 3.
• Recommend a quantitative design for your research plan. Include a rationale for why that design would be most appropriate.
• For the designs that you did not choose, state why each one is not appropriate for your research questions, hypotheses, and variables.
• Support your work with references to the literature.
Section 3: Craft a 5 page paper that includes the following:
o The levels of measurement that will be important for your study and why.
o How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and construct validity for your study. If any of these types of validity do not
apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
o How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your study.
o The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
o Provide at least 10 references to the literature to support your choices and rationales.
Section 4: Craft a 5-page paper that includes the following:
o The levels of measurement that will be important for your study and why.
o How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and construct validity for your study. If any of these types of validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
o How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your study.
o The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
o Provide at least 10 references to the literature to support your choices and rationales.
Section 5: Craft a 5 page paper that includes the following:
• • The levels of measurement that will be important for your study and why.
• How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and construct validity for your study. If any of these types of validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
• How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your study.
• The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
• Which scale is appropriate for you to use for your plan and why.
• A justification of how you know your scale is reliable and valid. If you can't find reliability and validity for your scale, describe how you would demonstrate that the scale is reliable and valid.
• What test is appropriate for your plan, and whether it is norm or criterion referenced.
• What population is used for the scale and test (see Week 5 Discussion).
• At least 10 references to the literature to support your choices and rationales.
Section 6: Craft a 3 page paper in which you recommend the sampling strategy and sample size for your quantitative research plan.
Include a rationale for why that is the best strategy and size for your plan. Refer to the literature as needed. Use the following as a framework for your paper:
• • Population
Population
Size, if known, or approximate/estimated size
Sampling
Type of sampling
How the sample will be drawn
Sample size and why this was chosen in relation to population size
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