Research Proposal

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In this course, students develop aresearch proposal that investigates the effectiveness of an intervention strategy that is applied orcarried out by social workers to address and ameliorate an identified human problem that compromiseshuman functioning. Students identify a particular human problem and choose an evidence-basedpractice strategy or intervention that can be applied with the selected population struggling with theproblem, and design a study that would advance knowledge on some aspect of interventioneffectiveness, which is not yet well known, or not known well enough.The proposal includes an introduction to problem behavior for which the intervention is beingused, or recommended and applied, prevalence of the problem behavior for a selected population,description of social work involvement, literature review on research regarding what is known about theintervention and its effectiveness, the specific purpose of current study, and the theoretical rationale forusing the selected intervention to ameliorate the specified human behavior problem, and the proposedresearch question and hypothesis.The methodology section will cover the identification of main variables (independent anddependent, and two covariates); each variable will be defined and operationalized, and present relevantinstruments for their measurement, along with information on the measurement tools or instrumentreliability and validity. The methodology section will also include discussion on data collection formatand proposed procedures, and how ethical informed consent would be applied with the targetedparticipants. The methods section will also present discussion on the study sample selection, sampleformation and recruitment strategies, and a reasonable sample size, as well as identify and explain aquantitative methodological design suitable for the study, and discuss the strengths and weaknesses inview of the proposed designs internal and external validity. The proposal will conclude with implicationsfor social work practice.Please note that the knowledge pertaining to data analysis will be fostered and developed in thesecond research courses, SSS 759, and therefore is not included in the proposal. Please also note thatthe research proposal in this course is delivered as a written scholarly paper with at least 12 or morerelevant references, and follows the typical APA-7 guidelines for scholarly style of writing andorganization.