5-7 pages
Include a detailed plan to collect and analyze data, and highlight the types of sources you would use. You
may choose a qualitative or quantitative approach. However, your choice of method, design, sampling,
data collection, analysis, and overall process should be justified and should logically fit with your
research question(s). Proposals that involve implementation of interventions will have a program
evaluation component that must include research design. In this paper, you will paint a picture of the
entire process to show how you will conduct the study.
In your submission, be sure to include the following critical elements:
State the chosen research method or methods used; are they qualitative, quantitative, or both?
Discuss why the chosen method or methods are best for the research topic or evaluation of the
intervention.
Assess the strengths and weaknesses of the research design and why it is the best design for the
proposed study or evaluation of the intervention.
Select valid and reliable data-collection tools for the research questions (and research design) or
develop data-collection tools and explain how validity and reliability will be determined.
Support the selection of the population and sampling procedures.
Describe the process used to collect data from recruitment to consent to data collection; this should
include ethical considerations and mitigation.
Explain the proposed data-analysis process, including any transcription and transformation of data for
analysis, as well as the use of tools, including software, for analysis.
Select and justify statistical analysis and/or processes for qualitative analysis; be sure to discuss
methods for ensuring reliability of qualitative analysis if applicable.
Explain the limitations and assumptions connected to the research.
Propose how the findings will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders, users, and interested parties.
Research Question: Fight, Flight, and Domestic Violence: An explanation of why partners choose
to stay
