Research Design and Analysis Assignment
•American Psychological Association: Ch. 1, 2
•Creswell: Ch. 3, 4
•Creswell Hook and Eye Method.pdf (in Course Documents)
Introduction
In order to undertake research, you need to be able to distinguish the differences between three research methods. Your text provides a framework to do so.
Activity Instructions
Locate a peer reviewed journal article in criminal justice that reports qualitative, quantitative, or mixed methods research. Examine the introduction to the article and, using the hook-and-eye method illustrated in the text; identify the flow of ideas from sentence to sentence and from paragraph to paragraph and any deficiencies.
Writing Requirements (APA format)
•2-3 pages (approx. 300 words per page), not including title page or references page
•1-inch margins
•Double spaced
•12-point Times New Roman font
•Title page with topic and name of student
•References page (minimum of 1 resource
References:
Required Textbook(s)
American Psychological Association. (2016). Publication manual of the American
Psychological Association (6th ed.). Washington, DC: Author.
Creswell, J. (2014). Research design: Qualitative, quantitative, and mixed methods
approaches (Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.