1 Quantitative Research Plan (Draft) By ID # A00355270 Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership Program: PhD in Education Specialization: Educational Technology RSCH 8200-Quantitative Reasoning Dr. Wade Smith, Jr. [email protected] Walden University September 13, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction Comment by Dr. Wade Smith: Assign page numbers as you develop this doc. Opening Statement Problem Purpose of Study Theory Perspective Research Questions Theoretical Framework Involvement for Success Literature Review Case Study Theoretical Framework Involvement for Success Summary Research Methodology Setting Population Data Sources Ethnicity Research Design Intervention Survey Instrument Summary Introduction Opening Statement The students and parents are participants in an educational program. “Research often excludes youth participants, omitting their social and psychological realities, undermining their rights to participate and benefit from research, and weakening the validity of research. Researchers may be discouraged from including youth due to logistical (e.g. gaining access) or ethical (e.g. coercion risks based on developmental level) concerns. Increased discussion is needed around appropriate methods to use with child and youth participants that manage challenges related to developmental capacities, legal status, power differentials, and unpredictable aspects of qualitative research”(Sage, 2015). Eliminate the white pages. Background Study In this paper I will focus on experiences of researchers, describing solutions of internal and external validity. “The research design is the blueprint that enables the investigator to come up with solutions to these problems and guides him or her to various stages of research” (Frankfort-Nachmias & Nachmias, 2008, p89) Internal validity is whether the effects observed in a research are due to the manipulation of the independent variable. External validity is the extent to which the results of a research can be generalized to settings and people. (McLeod, 2013). Burger’s (2009) study of design is on the psychological research designed by Milgram. Burger (2009) identifies obedience to authority, increase in demands, resources of information in a novel situation, and responsibility not assigned or diffused as contributes toward the “high rates of obedience” (Burger, 2009, pp 2-3). His hypotheses question is ‘Would people still obey today?’ The tables are used to measure participants of the obedience screening according to gender and ethnicity, such as behavior and personality rates. Fuchs, Fuchs, Hamlett, Phillips, Karns, and Dutka (1997) researched on various collaborative measurements. The appendix for Problems A & B is interesting. The methods to problems solving contain internal and external validity. This is a collaborative research because the tutor (educator) and tutee (learner) are doing an activity. Problem Statement The problem occurs when there is a lack of part.

1. 1
Quantitative Research Plan
(Draft)
By
ID # A00355270
Richard W. Riley College of Education and Leadership
Program: PhD in Education
Specialization: Educational Technology
RSCH 8200-Quantitative Reasoning
Dr. Wade Smith, Jr.
[email protected]
Walden University
September 13, 2015
Table of Contents
Introduction Comment by Dr. Wade Smith: Assign page
numbers as you develop this doc.
Opening Statement
Problem
Purpose of Study
Theory Perspective
Research Questions
Theoretical Framework

2. Involvement for Success
Literature Review
Case Study
Theoretical Framework
Involvement for Success
Summary
Research Methodology
Setting
Population
Data Sources
Ethnicity
Research Design
Intervention
Survey Instrument
Summary
Introduction
Opening Statement
The students and parents are participants in an educational
program. “Research often excludes youth participants, omitting
their social and psychological realities, undermining their rights
to participate and benefit from research, and weakening the
validity of research. Researchers may be discouraged from
including youth due to logistical (e.g. gaining access) or ethical
(e.g. coercion risks based on developmental level) concerns.
Increased discussion is needed around appropriate methods to
use with child and youth participants that manage challenges
related to developmental capacities, legal status, power
differentials, and unpredictable aspects of qualitative
research”(Sage, 2015). Eliminate the white pages.
Background Study
In this paper I will focus on experiences of researchers,
describing solutions of internal and external validity. “The
research design is the blueprint that enables the investigator to
come up with solutions to these problems and guides him or her
to various stages of research” (Frankfort-Nachmias &

3. Nachmias, 2008, p89) Internal validity is whether the effects
observed in a research are due to the manipulation of the
independent variable. External validity is the extent to which
the results of a research can be generalized to settings and
people. (McLeod, 2013).
Burger’s (2009) study of design is on the psychological research
designed by Milgram. Burger (2009) identifies obedience to
authority, increase in demands, resources of information in a
novel situation, and responsibility not assigned or diffused as
contributes toward the “high rates of obedience” (Burger, 2009,
pp 2-3). His hypotheses question is ‘Would people still obey
today?’ The tables are used to measure participants of the
obedience screening according to gender and ethnicity, such as
behavior and personality rates.
Fuchs, Fuchs, Hamlett, Phillips, Karns, and Dutka (1997)
researched on various collaborative measurements. The
appendix for Problems A & B is interesting. The methods to
problems solving contain internal and external validity. This is
a collaborative research because the tutor (educator) and tutee
(learner) are doing an activity.
Problem Statement
The problem occurs when there is a lack of participation and
support from them. The absence of a mentoring program or the
misuse or nonuse of the mentoring program is negatively
impacting students’ academic outcomes. Or a functioning
mentoring program will positively impact students’ academic
outcomes.
Purpose of Study
The purpose of this study is examine the proposed relationships
between to do quantitative research on ways to gain
participation of parents and learners within a mentoring
program and [state outcome here]. The results of this research
might identify The writer is finding methods, evaluation, and
other objectives to increase the effects of the towards
participation in a non-profit mentoring program. Comment by
Dr. Wade Smith: This only mentioned here. Why?

4. Research Questions
1. What is the relationship between the lack level of of parent
support for the cause Team H.O.Y.A.S (Helping Our Youth
Achieve Success) and to lack of student participation?
2. What is the relationship between students participation in
Team H.O.Y.A.S (Helping Our Youth Achieve Success) and
students' losing interest in the program?
Hypothses
· Null hypothesis: There no significant relationship between
lack of parent support for the cause of the HOYAS program and
students participation in the mentoring program.
· Alternate hypothesis: There no a significant relationship
between lack of parent support for the cause of the HOYAS
program and students participation in the mentoring program.
You need hypotheses, null & alternative for your second RQ
Theoretical Framework
Comment by Dr. Wade Smith: Who’s research is this
framework based upon?
Comment by Dr. Wade Smith: What is this? Comment by
Dr. Wade Smith: How can you integrate this material in a
theoretical basis?
(Puddy, Fawcett, & Francisco, 2002)
Types of Involvement for Success
1. PARENTING: Assist families with parenting and child-
rearing skills, understanding child and adolescent development,
and setting home conditions that support children as students at
each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding
families.
2. COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about
school programs and student progress through effective school-
to-home and home-to-school communications.
3. VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and
schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at the
school or in other locations to support students and school

5. programs.
4. LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children
in learning activities at home, including homework and other
curriculum-linked activities and decisions.
5. DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in
school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO,
school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.
6. COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Coordinate
resources and services for families, students, and the school
with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide
services to the community.
(Epstein., Coates, Salinas, Sanders, & Simon (1997)
References
Burger, J. M. (2009). Replicating Milgram: Would people still
obey today? American Psychologist, 64(1), 1-11. Doi:
10.1037/a0010932
Creswell, J. W. (2008). Research design: Qualitative,
Quantitative, and Mixed Methods
Approaches, (3rd ed.) [VitalSource BookShelf Online].
Retrieved from
http://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781412989442/cfi/18
6
Epstein, J.L., Coates, L., Salinas, K.C., Sanders, M.G., &
Simon, B.S. (1997). Epstein’s six types
of involvement. School, Family, and Community Partnerships:
Your Handbook for Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Retrieved from
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/sixtypes.htm
Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Nachmias, D. (2008).Research
methods in the social sciences
(7th ed.) New York: Worth.
Fuchs, L. S., Fuchs, D., Hamlett, C. L., Phillips, N. B., Karns,
K., & Dutka, S. (1997). Enhancing
students’ helping behavior during peer-mediated instruction
with conceptual mathematical explanations. The Elementary
School Journal, 97, 223–249.

6. McLeod, S. (2013). Internal and external validity. Simply
Psychology. Retrieved from
http://www.simplypsychology.org/validity.html
Richard W. Puddy, Stephen B. Fawcett, and Vincent T.
Francisco(2002). KU Work Group's Comment by Dr. Wade
Smith: Review APA guidelines for references list.
Action Planning Guide for Child Well-Being
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/4-developing-framework-or-model-change
Sage Journal(2015). Youth participation in qualitative research:
Challenges and possibilities.
Qualitative Social Work. Retrieved from
http://qsw.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/06/14733250145
56792
Criteria
Points
Title
Introduction that includes:
Problem statement
Purpose statement
Research questions and hypotheses
Identification of independent and dependent variables
Theoretical framework
Comments: See comments in doc
10
Provides evidence of original and critical thinking
Comments: See comments in doc. If you further explicate your
evidence of original and critical thinking increase.
5
Demonstrates quality, effectiveness, and professionalism in
written communication (e.g., grammar, syntax, spelling,
mechanics, tone)
3
Adheres to APA style and formatting standards

7. Comments: You must adhere to the page limitations of each
assignment.
1
19/25 points total
The assignment:
· Craft a 3- to 4-page draft of the first part of your research
plan. Include the following elements:
· Title
· Introduction
· Opening statement
· Background of the study
· Problem statement
· Purpose of the study
· Research question(s) and hypotheses and variables
· Theoretical framework
1
Table of Contents (you can edit according to paper
organization)
Introduction
Opening Statement
Problem
Purpose of Study
Theory Perspective
Research Questions
Theoretical Framework
Involvement for Success
Literature Review
Case Study
Theoretical Framework
Involvement for Success
Summary
Research Methodology

8. Setting
Population
Data Sources
Ethnicity
Research Design
Intervention
Survey Instrument
Summary
Section 1 (edit and reduce pages by making them full 5 pages)
Introduction
Opening Statement
The students and parents are participants in an educational
program. “Research often excludes youth participants, omitting
their social and psychological realities, undermining their rights
to participate and benefit from research, and weakening the
validity of research. Researchers may be discouraged from
including youth due to logistical (e.g. gaining access) or ethical
(e.g. coercion risks based on developmental level) concerns.
Increased discussion is needed around appropriate methods to
use with child and youth participants that manage challenges
related to developmental capacities, legal status, power
differentials, and unpredictable aspects of qualitative
research”(Sage, 2015).
Background Study
In this paper I will focus on experiences of researchers,
describing solutions of internal and external validity. “The
research design is the blueprint that enables the investigator to
come up with solutions to these problems and guides him or her
to various stages of research” (Frankfort-Nachmias &
Nachmias, 2008, p89) Internal validity is whether the effects
observed in a research are due to the manipulation of the
independent variable. External validity is the extent to which

9. the results of a research can be generalized to settings and
people. (McLeod, 2013).
Burger’s (2009) study of design is on the psychological research
designed by Milgram. Burger (2009) identifies obedience to
authority, increase in demands, resources of information in a
novel situation, and responsibility not assigned or diffused as
contributes toward the “high rates of obedience” (Burger, 2009,
pp 2-3). His hypotheses question is ‘Would people still obey
today?’ The tables are used to measure participants of the
obedience screening according to gender and ethnicity, such as
behavior and personality rates.
Fuchs, Fuchs, Hamlett, Phillips, Karns, and Dutka (1997)
researched on various collaborative measurements. The
appendix for Problems A & B is interesting. The methods to
problems solving contain internal and external validity. This is
a collaborative research because the tutor (educator) and tutee
(learner) are doing an activity.
Problem Statement (edit)
The problem occurs when there is a lack of participation and
support from them.
Purpose of Study (edit)
The purpose of this study is to do quantitative research on ways
to gain participation of parents and learners within a mentoring
program. The writer is finding methods, evaluation, and other
objectives towards participation in a non-profit mentoring
program.
Research Questions
1. What is the relationship between the lack of parent support
for the cause Team H.O.Y.A.S (Helping Our Youth Achieve
Success) to lack student participation?
2. What is the relationship between students participation in
Team H.O.Y.A.S (Helping Our Youth Achieve Success) and

10. students' losing interest in the program?
Hypothses
· Null hypothesis: There no significant relationship between
lack of parent support for the cause of the program and students
participation in the mentoring program.
· Alternate hypothesis: There no significant relationship
between lack of parent support for the cause of the program and
students participation in the mentoring program.
Theoretical Framework
(Puddy, Fawcett, & Francisco, 2002)
Types of Involvement for Success (edit by decreasing citation
word for word)
1. PARENTING: Assist families with parenting and child-
rearing skills, understanding child and adolescent development,
and setting home conditions that support children as students at
each age and grade level. Assist schools in understanding
families.
2. COMMUNICATING: Communicate with families about
school programs and student progress through effective school-
to-home and home-to-school communications.
3. VOLUNTEERING: Improve recruitment, training, work, and
schedules to involve families as volunteers and audiences at the
school or in other locations to support students and school
programs.
4. LEARNING AT HOME: Involve families with their children
in learning activities at home, including homework and other
curriculum-linked activities and decisions.
5. DECISION MAKING: Include families as participants in
school decisions, governance, and advocacy through PTA/PTO,
school councils, committees, and other parent organizations.
6. COLLABORATING WITH THE COMMUNITY: Coordinate

11. resources and services for families, students, and the school
with businesses, agencies, and other groups, and provide
services to the community.
(Epstein., Coates, Salinas, Sanders, & Simon (1997)
References (find additional references if needed)
Burger, J. M. (2009). Replicating Milgram: Would people still
obey today? American Psychologist, 64(1), 1-11. Doi:
10.1037/a0010932
Creswell, J. W. (2008). Research design: Qualitative,
Quantitative, and Mixed Methods
Approaches, (3rd ed.) [VitalSource BookShelf Online].
Retrieved from
http://bookshelf.vitalsource.com/#/books/9781412989442/cfi/18
6
Epstein, J.L., Coates, L., Salinas, K.C., Sanders, M.G., &
Simon, B.S. (1997). Epstein’s six types
of involvement. School, Family, and Community Partnerships:
Your Handbook for Action. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Retrieved from
http://www.csos.jhu.edu/p2000/sixtypes.htm
Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Nachmias, D. (2008).Research
methods in the social sciences
(7th ed.) New York: Worth.
Fuchs, L. S., Fuchs, D., Hamlett, C. L., Phillips, N. B., Karns,
K., & Dutka, S. (1997). Enhancing
students’ helping behavior during peer-mediated instruction
with conceptual mathematical explanations. The Elementary
School Journal, 97, 223–249.
McLeod, S. (2013). Internal and external validity. Simply
Psychology. Retrieved from

12. http://www.simplypsychology.org/validity.html
Richard W. Puddy, Stephen B. Fawcett, and Vincent T.
Francisco(2002). KU Work Group's
Action Planning Guide for Child Well-Being
http://ctb.ku.edu/en/4-developing-framework-or-model-change
Sage Journal(2015). Youth participation in qualitative research:
Challenges and possibilities.
Qualitative Social Work. Retrieved from
http://qsw.sagepub.com/content/early/2014/11/06/14733250145
56792
Section 2: Craft a 5 page paper in which you do the following:
· Assess the strengths and limitations of each of the research
designs presented in Weeks 2 and 3.
· Recommend a quantitative design for your research plan.
Include a rationale for why that design would be most
appropriate.
· For the designs that you did not choose, state why each one is
not appropriate for your research questions, hypotheses, and
variables.
· Support your work with references to the literature.
Section 3: Craft a 5 page paper that includes the following:
· The levels of measurement that will be important for your
study and why.
· How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and
construct validity for your study. If any of these types of
validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
· How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your
study.
· The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument
you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
· Provide at least 10 references to the literature to support your
choices and rationales.

13. Quanitiative Research Plan
Textbooks
American Psychological Association. (2010). Publication
manual of the American Psychological Association (6th ed.).
Washington, DC: Author.
Frankfort-Nachmias, C., & Nachmias, D. (2008).Research
methods in the social sciences (7th ed.). New York: Worth.
(This textbook includes a GSS data disk that will be used in
course assignments.)
Green, S. B., & Salkind, N. J. (2014). Using SPSS for Windows
and Macintosh: Analyzing and understanding data (7th ed.).
Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Textbooks from RSCH 8100: Research Theory, Design, and
Methods:
Creswell, J. W. (2009). Research design: Qualitative,
quantitative, and mixed methods approaches (Laureate
Education, Inc., custom ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
Reynolds, P. D. (2007). A primer in theory construction.
Boston: Pearson Education.
-or-
Reynolds, P. D. (2010). A primer in theory construction
(Laureate Education, Inc., custom ed.). Boston, MA: Pearson
Education.
Project Instructions
Quanitiative Research Plan
My chosen topic: Participation of students in non-profit
educational program
Section 1 (edit and reduce pages by making them full)
· Title
· Introduction
·
· Opening statement

14. · Background of study
· Problem statement
· Purpose of the study
· Research question(s) and hypotheses
· Theoretical framework
Section 2: Craft a 5 page paper in which you do the following:
· Assess the strengths and limitations of each of the research
designs presented in Weeks 2 and 3.
· Recommend a quantitative design for your research plan.
Include a rationale for why that design would be most
appropriate.
· For the designs that you did not choose, state why each one is
not appropriate for your research questions, hypotheses, and
variables.
· Support your work with references to the literature.
Section 3: Craft a 5 page paper that includes the following:
· The levels of measurement that will be important for your
study and why.
· How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and
construct validity for your study. If any of these types of
validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
· How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your
study.
· The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument
you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
· Provide at least 10 references to the literature to support your
choices and rationales.
Section 4: Craft a 5-page paper that includes the following:
·
· The levels of measurement that will be important for your
study and why.
· How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and
construct validity for your study. If any of these types of
validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
· How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your
study.

15. · The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument
you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
· Provide at least 10 references to the literature to support your
choices and rationales.
Section 5: Craft a 5 page paper that includes the following:
study and why.
· How you will ensure content validity, empirical validity, and
construct validity for your study. If any of these types of
validity do not apply to your plan, provide a rationale.
· How you will ensure reliability for the measurement in your
study.
· The strengths and limitations of the measurement instrument
you have selected in terms of reliability and validity.
· Which scale is appropriate for you to use for your plan and
why.
· A justification of how you know your scale is reliable and
valid. If you can't find reliability and validity for your scale,
describe how you would demonstrate that the scale is reliable
and valid.
· What test is appropriate for your plan, and whether it is norm
or criterion referenced.
· What population is used for the scale and test (see Week 5
Discussion).
· At least 10 references to the literature to support your choices
and rationales.
Section 6: Craft a 3 page paper in which you recommend the
sampling strategy and sample size for your quantitative research
plan. Include a rationale for why that is the best strategy and
size for your plan. Refer to the literature as needed. Use the
following as a framework for your paper:
·
· Population
· Size, if known, or approximate/estimated size
Sampling

16. · Type of sampling
· How the sample will be drawn
· Sample size and why this was chosen in relation to population
size