In short, your research design should illustrate the “step by step” directions that would enable another researcher to execute your research if you are unable to conduct the study yourself. Think of this as directions from how to get to point A to point B. This detail is necessary as it demonstrates that you understand how to best conduct your research for your topic.
References:
Incorporate your references into this section and provide one comprehensive list. Remember to use APA 6th Edition format. If you have a citation in the body of your work, you must provide the appropriate reference in the reference section. Also, if you have a reference in your reference section, you must have a citation from that work somewhere in the body of your work. The citations and references must match up. You will be strictly held to the APA standards. Use proper citations and references!
Submission Instructions:
This paper is worth 20-points and is due Sunday of Week 6. You are to submit your Hypothesis (Research Questions) and Research Design (Methodology) in a Word document with your references. Upload your MS Word document to this assignment as an attachment as Turnitin will assess your matching percent. Please remember to keep your matching percent to 10% (direct and in-direct quotes).
IMPORTANT: The paper must meet the APA 6th Edition format criteria established by the American Psychological Association. Again, the intent of this section is for you to explain what you will do to collect and analyze your data. It is not intended for you to explain what you did as you did not carry out the full study in this course. Also the goal is to speak in the future tense when you complete this section.