Problem:
Consider the various research designs presented in chapter 3. Given the goals and objectives of your social services agency identified in week 2, discuss possible research designs that could be used to evaluate outcomes at your agency. What would be the best design to answer your evaluation questions?
A correlational research design of consideration for Empath Home Health Agency's goal and objective to manage mental health to increase the quality of life with their hospice patients would be correlational. I did not see mental health and quality of life as manipulated experimental variables; I saw them only as exploration frequency or measurement to identify a relationship as a correlation for research methods. As a pre-and post-assessment model using the entire population over a 30-day enrollment 01/01/2025 to 03/30/2025, initial and exit assessment data are collected using Non-PII, remaining HIPAA compliant within APA regulation.
What would be the best sampling method for your population?
The entire population will receive Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, which will remain the method of sampling with measures in the correlation study with bivariate data. The pre-and post-data will also consider assumptions.