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You will apply quantitative research methods when you develop an abbreviated quantitative research plan that seeks to answer your research problem and research questions/hypotheses.
To prepare for this Application, first focus on the following instructions:
Review Chapter 8 in the course text, Research Design, the “Threats to Internal Validity” handout, and the “Quantitative Methods: Examples” media segment.
Consult Table 8.1 (p. 147) and/or Table 8.4 (p. 156) in the course text, Research Design, to guide you in polishing your abbreviated quantitative research plan.
Access the list of research problem scenarios in the Learning Resources. Find the research problem scenario for your discipline. You will work with this same scenario for the next three weeks.
Based on your discipline’s research problem scenario, create a problem statement.
Draft an introduction for your abbreviated research plan.
Next, ask yourself the following questions:
What are your research questions? To what extent can you test them? How would you justify the viability of your questions?
What are your hypotheses? How would you test them?
Why would this design be the most appropriate for answering the research questions? Conversely, why would qualitative and mixed methods designs not be appropriate?
What quantitative approach would you select for this study? Why is that approach the most appropriate one for answering the research questions?
What theoretical framework or perspective would you use?
What is your target population? How would you identify and recruit participants? What factors would contribute to determining appropriate sample size? You will not need to calculate sample size for this assignment.
What are the independent and dependent variables?
If appropriate for your plan, what instruments might you need?
What data collection procedures might you use? Why would those be the most appropriate methods to use? How would that data help to answer your research question(s)/hypotheses?
What are threats to validity? How might you mitigate them?
How might you analyze the data?
What are the ethical considerations related to the plan?
The assignment:
Craft a 2- to 3-page paper in which you do the following:
Provide an introduction.
Provide a purpose statement.
Provide viable research questions and hypotheses.
Generate a written research plan that addresses the above questions.
This week in the optional Workshop Discussion, consider posting the following information for feedback from your colleagues:
A draft of your abbreviated quantitative research plan
Submit your Application by Day 7.
Submit your Application to the Week 8: DRAFT Quantitative Plan Submission link.
You have completed Week 8. Please proceed to Week 9.
Week 8 Assignment 2
To submit your completed Assignment for Turnitin review and grading, do the following:
Click the View/Complete link. Then click the Submit button next to the name of the Assignment. Once you have clicked on the link, scroll down and choose the appropriate paper item submission method from the drop down menu and fill in the remaining required fields. (Please use the naming convention “WK8Assgn2+last name+first initial” as the Submission Title.)
Next, click on the Browse button. Find the document you saved as “WK8Assgn2+last name+first initial.doc” and click Open. Then click on the Upload button at the bottom of the page. You will then see a screen where you may review your submission. Once you have finished reviewing your submission, click on the Submit button. Finally, you will see a screen that will indicate your paper was submitted successfully.
Week 8: Quantitative Research Design and Methods
Introduction
Perhaps you have toured an art museum and wondered how an artist was able to paint a portrait, a landscape, or domestic scene with such precision. It might help to know that oil paint dries slowly and that an artist working in oils can return to a painting the next day to further refine the lighting on a face or the details of a wooden doorway.
In a sense, a researcher is like an oil painter. Starting this week and through Week 11, you will begin composing abbreviated research plans—one each for qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods—that you can refine. Think of these as beginning sketches or a first layer of paint.
You are ready to immerse yourself in each of the three research methods. Your work in the coming 3-week span will help prepare you for the research you will do for your coursework and dissertation. This week, you will learn about quantitative methods in more detail before planning a quantitative approach to a research problem.
Learning Outcomes
By the end of this week, you should be able to:
Compare survey and experimental strategies of inquiry
Develop an introduction, research question(s), and annotated bibliography as part of a research plan
Draft an abbreviated quantitative research plan
Apply APA format and style to doctoral writing
Please proceed to the Learning Resources.
Resources Discussion Application 1 Application 2
Required Resources
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Course Text: Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
Chapter 8, “Quantitative Methods”
Creswell guides the reader through quantitative methods and plans. Use this chapter for the Discussion and Application 2.
Media:
“Quantitative Methods: An Example” (12:51).
Click here to download a transcript of this video segment.
Dr. George Smeaton discusses a representative quantitative research design. To view this video program, use the media player located at the top of this page.
Handout: Measurement of Variables (Word document)
This document will assist you with Application 1. It provides information regarding what to consider when measuring variables for a quantitative study and additional resources on this topic.
Handout: Research Problem Scenarios (Word document)
This document will be used in Application 2 this week, and again in the Application through Week 11. Locate the research problem scenario associated with your program. If your program is not listed in this document, your Instructor will post an announcement with a research problem scenario.
Handout: Threats to Internal Validity
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