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Assignment: Homelessness Among African Americans Research Study Plan
Develop a "first draft" plan of your proposed research study. Responses should be approximately 25 to 75 words per prompt, as appropriate. (You may use bullet points).In developing this research study plan, you are encouraged to build on work completed in earlier SOC-480 assignments and activities. Be sure to review and incorporate instructor feedback. Select and cite material from at least three current, relevant peer-reviewed journal articles, as found in professional research journals.
A. Research Study Topic (Problem Statement):clarify and revise your problem statement making sure you have stateda narrow, specific social issue/problem related to social inequality, social injustice, community development, or human service delivery in the United States. Explain why you are interested in learning more about this topic and justify why this is a good topic for your proposed research study.
B. Literature Review: Drawing upon your previous literature review, identify three emergent themes as relevant to your selected investigative topic. Explain how this information is of relevance to helping you conceptualize your proposed research study.
C. Proposed Study Research Question:Refine and clarify your working researchquestion to be used to conduct a possible study, as related to your investigative topic. Study Design:Remember that the three overarching study designs are experimental, quasi-experimental, or nonexperimental. Explain why the proposed study design is a suitable design choice to help you answer your research question.
D. Proposed Sampling Approach: Describe what sampling method you will use (probability or nonprobability). Describe the specific steps you will use to obtain a sample of study participantsand/or other units. Explain the pros and cons of the approach you have selected.
E. Proposed Recruitment Approach: Describe what specific steps you will take to recruit study participants or obtain study units (e.g., case records, advertisements, video content, social media posts). Explain why this approach is a good match with your sampling plan.
F. Proposed Study Data Collection Plan:Describe data collection methods to be used (e.g., in-person interview, on-line survey, standardized assessment tool). Provide a rationale for your data collection plan and explain how you will gather data from multiple sources and from multiple methods (data triangulation). Explain how your plan, as designed, will strengthen study validity.
G. Implications:Explain how your study can contribute to better understanding or reforming social conditions,learning about the needs of a specific service population or community, and/or supporting delivery of human services.
H. List of references(in APA format)