BSHS 435 Week 5 Research Proposal

Read “A 15-Step Model for Writing a Research Proposal” in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

• Submit a 2,800- to 3,500- word research proposal on a human-services-related topic of your choice. Include the following:

  • Title page
  • Abstract
  • Introduction and literature review:

    • Refer to the Learning Team assignments for Week Two: Research Problem and Literature Review.
    • Make sure that this section address the following:

  • Background information on the topic area
  • Scope/rationale for the proposal or importance of the study
  • Statement of the research question /hypothesis/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 variable(s) and dependent variable(s)
    • 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).