Read “A 15-Step Model for Writing a Research Proposal” in this week’s Electronic Reserve Readings.

Submit a 2800- to 3500-word research proposal on a human-services-related topic of your choice. Include the following:

·         Title page

·         Abstract

·         Introduction and literature review:

o    Refer to the Learning Team assignments for Week Two: Research Problem and Literature Review.

o    Make sure that this section address the following:

·         Background information on the topic area

·         Scope/rationale for the proposal or importance of the study

·         Statement of the research question /hypothesis/research problem

·         Methodology

o    Participants or target population (age, gender, inclusion and exclusion criteria, and so on)

o    Recruitment and informed consent process

o    Sampling method and sample size

o    Research design, including independent variable(s) and dependent  variable(s)

o    Instrumentation or data collection methods (including data collection time points, reliability and validity)

·         Proposed data analyses

o    Descriptive statistics

o    Inferential statistics

o    Predicted findings

·         Timeline for the proposed study

·         References

Format your paper consistent with APA guidelines and include a title page and a reference page (No abstract is necessary).