Research Question: What is the impact of online learning on student participation rates in class?
FOLLOW & BROWSE THE FILLES ATTACHEDReview and EDIT (Rewrite) rough draft methodology to a a final draft. **Make sure to add all changes of feedback given in added attachment**
(READ INSTRUCTIONS)
The goal is to explain your methods clear enough that the reader could go out and do the study themselves.
Below is a list of items to consider as you begin to write your paper. This is not an exhaustive list, but it will help you
begin to think about what to include in your methods section:
- Describe the population and/or the sampling frame from which you will draw your sample. Describe the sample. participants.
- Describe the sampling procedure (if necessary).
- Explain how the data are to be collected (e.g. survey, interviews, participant observation, secondary data, etc.). Explain why the method you are using is appropriate. NOTE: The method you use needs to make sense based on the question you are asking. For example, if you are studying how international trade relations have impacted our global economy, it’s unlikely that an interview project will produce the answers you are looking for. It is essential to determine the best methodology possible to answer your research question.
- Describe and define the key variables or themes to be studied. Which variables are you studying? How are you defining these variables? These variables should correspond to the concepts in your research question and they should have “face validity.”
- If you are creating a survey or interview questionnaire, then include the questionnaire in the methodology section or as an appendix item. (This does not need to be a long questionnaire. Simply include a short list of questions – around 10 max – that speak to the overarching research question you are hoping to study).
- There should be a separate subsection describing the planned data analysis approach.
- Be sure to cite any relevant references (e.g. if you are using a measure or methodology used in a previous study, be sure to cite that study).