Homework Question

QSO 500 Milestone Two Guidelines and Rubric Overview: For Milestone Two, you will explain the research design and methods that will be used to address the business problem you identified in Milestone One, justifying why they are appropriate for your research study. To support your research design, describe the methods you will use, the key variables, and ethical considerations involved in using the research design. Prompt: Explain how you will carry out your research. Remember that your business problem should be able to be addressed using action research. Specifically the following critical elements must be addressed:

Research Design: A. Explain the research design and methods you will use, justifying why they are appropriate for your research study. B. Describe the key variables from primary and/or secondary data sources that you will use to analyze your research problem. C. Explain the key dependent and independent variables. In other words, how would the independent variables predict, explain, or prove the

dependent variable? D. Explain the key ethical considerations for using these data sources, including how they meet legal and professional standards.

Rubric Guidelines for Submission: Your milestone must be submitted as a 5- to 7-page Microsoft Word document with double spacing, 12-point Times New Roman font, one-inch margins, and at least three sources cited in APA format.

Critical Elements Proficient (100%) Needs Improvement (75%) Not Evident (0%) Value Research Design:

Research Design and Methods

Explains the research design and methods that will be used, including justification of why this is appropriate for the study

Explains the research design and methods that will be used, but explanation is cursory, contains issues of clarity, or does not justify why this is appropriate for the study

Does not explain the research design and methods that will be used

20

Research Design: Variables

Describes all key variables from the primary/secondary data sources that will be used to analyze the research problem

Describes the variables from the primary/secondary data sources, but description contains issues of clarity or does not address all key variables

Does not describe the variables from primary/secondary data sources

20

Research Design: Dependent and

Independent Variables

Explains the dependent and independent variables

Explains the dependent and independent variables, but explanation contains inaccuracies or neglects key variables

Does not explain the dependent and independent variables

25

Research Design: Ethical Considerations

Explains the key ethical considerations for using the data sources, including how they meet legal and professional standards

Explains the ethical considerations for using the data sources, including how they meet legal and professional standards, but explanation is cursory or neglects key ethical considerations

Does not explain the ethical considerations for using the data sources

25

Articulation of Response

Submission has no major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization

Submission has major errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that negatively impact readability and articulation of main ideas

Submission has critical errors related to citations, grammar, spelling, syntax, or organization that prevent understanding of ideas

10

Total 100%