Application: Draft Mixed-Methods Proposal
As you proceed with your doctoral studies, you will eventually be required to make a formal proposal for your doctoral research. This week, you will gain practice in creating a portion of such a proposal by drafting a mixed-methods proposal for your Instructor.
To prepare for this Assignment:
• Review Chapter 10, "Mixed Methods Procedures," in the Creswell text.
• Review the media program, Mixed Methods: An Example.
• Review Mixed Methods Design and Analysis found in the Research Design and Analysis area of the Research Resources and Tutorials webpage.
Write a 4- to 5-page paper in which you propose a mixed-methods study, addressing the following:
• Formulate relevant research questions and hypotheses.
• Can your idea be tested with any of the various types of experimental designs? Why or why not?
• What is your design? Why did you choose that design?
• What is your target population? How would you identify and recruit participants?
• What data collection method might you use? How would that data help answer your research question(s)/hypotheses?
• How consistent are these data collection methods with methods used in existing research on your topic?
• Why did you choose these methods?
• What are the alternatives?
• How would you ensure quality and reliability of the data?
• How might you analyze the data?
• What are the target audiences for your findings?