Assignment Six [Initial Draft]: Design and Data-Collection Methods
Clearly and concisely answer the following five questions:
1. How will you collect the data for your study?
2. Will you conduct an experiment, administer a survey or questionnaire, implement focus groups or 1:1 interviews, and/or combine several of these methods (or perhaps utilize a different method)
3. When, where, and by whom will your data will be collected?
4. What expertise and experience qualifications will you seek in your data collectors, how will you recruit and train them, and what will be done to avoid or minimize bias among them?
5. What are the feasibility issues that may need to be addressed (e.g., agency cooperation with your proposed procedures, recruiting participants, the amount of time it will take for respondents to complete your instruments or interviews, etc.)?
Make Sure to Use APA Format
Format your paper using APA style guidelines. Make sure to provide appropriate citations, references, headers, and formatting. The page length should be enough to address and describe each section of the paper. Use 12 point font for the main body of the paper.
You will receive the following points based on the clarity of your thought process and writing: up to 5 points for spelling, grammar, mechanics, and use of APA style; up to 5 points for each of the five questions listed above.
