Describe the general methodology you chose for your study, in order to gather data that will help inform your research question.
In other words, what question(s) do they leave unresolved that you would like to study?
Problem Statement/Rationale
Describe the question(s) you are examining and explain why it is important .
List the specific research question(s) that you are exploring.
Explain how these research questions are related to the larger issues raised in the introduction.
Describe what specific claim, hypothesis, and/or model will be evaluated with these questions.
4. Method and Design
A description of how you would go about collecting data and test the questions you are examining.
**Use these general parts and guiding questions to organize your project’s method and design as they apply to your specific topic, context of your evaluation project and problem statement. Be aware that you might not directly address each and every one of these parts below, only those that best fit your project. You may also need to organize certain aspects differently in order to make clear the steps you will follow to collect, analyze data and present results of this data.
How did you collect the data? Why is this a good method to collect data in the context of your research question?
Describe the general methodology you chose for your study, in order to gather data that will help inform your research question.
Explain why this method is the best for your purposes.
Participants or data gathered: Who or what did you test and why? How many?
Describe the sample you used and explain why you chose this sample. Were there any participants or items you excluded? Why?