Describe the participants. Who are they? Demographics.

Methods Paper

Instructions – Methods (20 points) This 3 page paper (2 pages of writing and one page includes your sample tool) is your instructions/guide and your plan for how you would implement your research project. You will answer all of the questions below. DEFINE ALL TERMS:

Cover sheet, abstract, reference (your text for when you define terms) page required

Topic: Methods
Points Possible
Points Awarded
Comments
Topic
Independent and dependent variable and why
Hypothesis
Research Design (experimental, quasi-experimental, correlational, case study)
4

Intro: Describe the participants. Who are they? Demographics.
How big is your population (N)? (pg 137)
Where will this study take place? When and how long will it take to collect data?

How big is your sample? (n)
What sampling technique will you use? Why.(pg 140)
Advantages and disadvantages
(Chapter 6)
4

Instrument(questionnaire, survey, interview, observation) to collect data? Why? (pg 257)
Advantages and disadvantages
(Chapter 10)
4

Include a sample of your tool at the end of this paper (questionnaire, survey, or interview)
4

Quality of Paper
APA format. Cover page, abstract, reference page (your text must be one reference
(Chapter 8)
4

TOTAL Points
20

( The attached documents are part of the paper. Itll all be used as one work study in the end. The methods part is hypothetical.)

The source being used is me. These are supposed to come from my notes.

Last Completed Projects