PSYC 515 M1 RESEARCH DESIGN INSTRUCTIONS 1
RESEARCH DESIGN SSIGNMENT A INSTRUCTIONS
OVERVIEW
This is the first assignment in your Research Project. The purpose is to scaffold the process of designing
and conducting a research study. In this first phase, you will submit a research proposal and survey by
completing this form. Your instructor will review this form and provide feedback to let you know if you
are approved to collect data using the survey submitted as part of this assignment (you should create
your survey at the end of this document).
INSTRUCTIONS
Be sure you have reviewed this module assigned readings and presentations before completing this ’s
assignment. Of most relevance is the Research Project Overview Research Project Survey and
Instructions documents in this week’s Learn section. This assignment is worth 40 points 36 points for :
content and 4 points based on format. Each question is worth 2 content points. Format is for completing
answers within the assigned sections and for proper format of the survey. Note that until the survey is
approved by your instructor you cannot move forward with the future assignments associated with the
Research Project. Turning in this assignment late, incomplete, or inaccurately formatted may impact
performance on future portions of this project.
• There are two parts to this assignment:
o Research Design: complete the table below by placing answers where indicated
(“<ANSWER>”).
o Survey: at the end of this document (where it says <Create Proposed Survey Here>
create a proposed survey. It should be formatted to be easy for a person to read and
complete. You must create the survey in its entirety within this document you cannot copy –
/ paste any question(s) as an image as distortion may occur. All questions should be the
same font and font size. Make sure there is uniformity in appearance and there are no
typos.
• You will submit this assignment as a single word document by the due date in Canvas.
Research Design Table
Demographic
Variable(s)
Name of variable:
Age in years
Levels of variable you will use :
Continuous
Scale of Measurement:
Ratio
Appropriate measure of central
tendency and (if appropriate)
Mean
Variable of
Interest #1
Name of variable or scale and/
selected (including citation if
appropriate):
Intrinsic Spirituality Scale
How quantified (how many
questions? What are the answer
options e.g., Likert 1 - 5 –?):
An incomplete sentence will provided with be
two possible ending phrases link to a scale
ranging from 0 to 5. 0 means the absence of
the attribute and means the 5 maximum of
the attribute. Therefore, 0 and 5 are the two
extremes. 3 the middle number represents as
the medium
PSYC 515 M1 RESEARCH DESIGN INSTRUCTIONS 2
How is this variable quantified? (i.e.
how do you calculate the variable as
a single numerical value to be used
in SPSS for data analysis)
Discrete
What is the potential numerical range
