research proposal on substance abuse and effects on children

Read "A 15-Step Model for Writing a Research Proposal"

Write a 2,800- to 3,500-word research proposal on a human- services-related topic of Drug abuse in parents and the effects on family members and children. Include the following:

• Title page
• Abstract
• Introduction and literature review:
• Refer to the Week 2 Learning Team assignments, Research Problem and Literature Review.
• Make sure that this section address the following:
  • Background information on the topic area
  • Scope and rationale for the proposal or importance of the study
  • Statement of the research question, hypothesis, or research problem
  • Methodology
  • Participants or target population (age, gender, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and so on)
  • Recruitment and informed consent process
  • Sampling method and sample size
  • Research design, including independent variables and dependent variables
  • Instrumentation or data collection methods (including data collection time points, reliability, and validity)
  • Proposed data analyses
  • Descriptive statistics
  • Inferential statistics
  • Predicted findings
  • Timeline for the proposed study
  • References

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines, and include a title page and a reference page (no abstract is necessary).