Developing a Quantitative Research Plan

In Week 1, you began formulating the introduction to your quantitative research plan. This week, you will submit the introduction, which serves as the first place where a reader will gather the purpose and intention of your proposed research.

To prepare for this Application:

• Review the two texts from RSCH 8101: Research Theory, Design, and Methods:
• • Research Design: Qualitative, Quantitative, and Mixed Methods Approaches
  • • Chapter 8, “Quantitative Methods”

• • A Primer in Theory Construction
  • • Chapter 1, “Introduction”
    • Chapter 2, “The Idea”
    • Chapter 3, “Concepts”
    • Chapter 4, “Statements”
    • Chapter 5, “Forms of Theories”
• Review the assigned chapters in the Publication Manual of the American Psychological Association to ensure that your in-text citations and reference list are accurate.

The assignment:

• Submit a 3- to 4-page draft of the first part of your research plan. Include the following elements in your draft:
• • Title
  • Introduction
  • • Opening statement
    • Background of study
    • Problem statement
    • Purpose of the study
    • Research question(s) and hypotheses
    • Theoretical framework