identifying ethical considerations you must have in designing your research project.

Team assignment for statistics class for which I am responsible for one section. You would complete the highlighted portion below.

 

 

 

These are articles that you may use to complete the assignment The topic that my team chose is (Effects of divorce on Children)

 

Understand the debilitating effects of divorce on children. (2013, Aug 04). AllAfrica.Com. Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/1417767499?accountid=458

Gandelman, P. (2009). The effects of divorce on children. (Order No. 1470847, Long Island University, The Brooklyn Center). ProQuest Dissertations and Theses, , 32. Retrieved fromhttp://search.proquest.com/docview/304998358?accountid=458. (304998358).

Eby, L. (1998). Difference of attitude biases investigation of effects of divorce. World & I13(1), 308.

((this one can be retrieved at http://av4kc7fg4g.search.serialssolutions.com.ezproxy.apollolibrary.com/?ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&ctx_enc=info%3Aofi%2Fenc%3AUTF-8&rfr_id=info:sid/summon.serialssolutions.com&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:journal&rft.genre=article&rft.atitle=Difference+of+attitude%3A+Biases+investigation+of+effects+of+divorce&rft.jtitle=The+World+%26+I&rft.au=Eby%2C+Lloyd&rft.date=1998-01-01&rft.pub=Washington+Times+Corporation&rft.issn=0887-9346&rft.volume=13&rft.issue=1&rft.spage=308&rft.externalDocID=26452000&paramdict=en-US)

 

The Research Proposal must be a 1,050- to 1,400-word proposal formatted according to APA 6th ed. guidelines. The Learning Team must identify a problem worthy of research and develop an outline of the process required to research it. No actual experiments must be conducted.

 

The Research Proposal must contain the following sections:

 

Introduction

 

  • Write a 100- to 200-word introduction for your research proposal. This must explain your research problem and question and your working hypothesis.

 

  • Refer to Appendix A of Beginning Behavioral Research for guidance on creating an introduction.

 

Elements of the Study

 

  • Write a 175- to 350-word outline of the elements of your research study.

o    Provide your argument for the study and at least one example of past research that supports your argument.

o    Describe your variables and what they mean. For example, if I am measuring success, I define success as a student’s grade on their GRE exam. The success variable equals above average score on the GRE. Please use your own example.

o    Describe your sample

  • Refer to Appendix A of Beginning Behavioral Research for an overview and examples of a research report. Please follow APA 6th edition for APA guidelines.

 

Ethical Considerations

 

  • Write a 175- to 350-word summary identifying ethical considerations you must have in designing your research project.

 

  • Refer to Ch. 3 of Beginning Behavioral Research and incorporate at least one scholarly source in your discussion of ethical considerations specific to your research proposal.

 

Survey Design

 

  • Write a 350- to 525-word summary of the survey design you chose and how you obtained a representative sample for the proposed research.

 

  • Include the appropriate measures of reliability and validity.

 

  • Explain the rationale for how you propose to design and conduct the research while minimizing bias.

 

  • Refer to Ch. 9 of Beginning Behavioral Research for details on survey design and subject recruitment.

 

Conclusion

 

 

Write a 75- to 150-word conclusion summarizing your research proposal.