Design an observational or experimental research study.Know when to choose qualitative or quantitative research design.Distinguish between cross-sectional, longitudinal, cohort, and case-control studies.Course Outcome addressed in this assignment:HD560-2: Formulate a research study based upon best practice methodologies, processes, and ethical considerations.PC-6.3: Integrate standards of the field and ethical principles into the problem-solving process.Assignment Introduction:
Research is an important component of evaluation plans. As you have learned by now, there are many different types of research. Complicating the matter, research must be carefully vetted to ensure it is repeatable, generalizable, and abides by ethical standards to protect the sanctity of human rights.Assignment Directions:You just received great news! You were hired by the non-profit organization in which you submitted a bid proposal in the Unit 2 Assignment. As part of your evaluation contract, you must now design a research study to evaluate the effectiveness of one (1) of the organization’s activities they are using as part of their health promotion program (for example: providing smoking cessation education to children between the ages of 12-18, targeting black women ages 30 and older through a social media campaign about healthy eating in an effort to lower the incidence of diabetes, etc.). However, as you have learned in Unit 4, before you do anything, you must first seek IRB approval.To complete this assignment, please do the following:Download the Unit 5 assignment template.Remove any text in brackets where it says, “[Remove this text…],” and fill in your response.Upon completion, upload the file to the Unit 5
Assignment Dropbox.Submission Requirements:Your submission includes specific examples of concepts, topics, definitions, and other elements to demonstrate mastery of the objective.Your submission includes a highly developed viewpoint and purpose.Your response is in Standard English and shows that it is better than you.Your communication is highly ordered, logical, unified, original, and insightful.Your submission displays exceptional content, organization, style, and mechanics.A separate page at the end of your response contains a list of references.Include in-text and reference list citations where appropriate and reference all sources used following proper APA citation style.Please review the APA formatting and citation style in Academic Tools – Academic Writer.*****Please follow the directions on the template included*****
