Prepare this outline of a research proposal as a 10-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes as if your audience were members of a foundation grant screening committee.

Specific methods of data collection (e.g., surveys, interviews, observations) produce specific types of data that will answer particular research questions, but not others; so here too, as covered in previous weeks, the research questions inform how the data will be obtained.  Furthermore, the method used to collect the data may impact the reliability and the validity of that data.

For this Discussion, you will first consider sampling strategies. Then, you will turn your attention to data collection methods, including their strengths, limitations, and ethical implications. Last, you will consider measurement reliability and validity in the context of your discipline.

Position A: Probability sampling represents the best strategy for selecting research participants.

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Post a restatement of your assigned position on sampling strategies. Defend your position with examples and support from the scholarly literature. Next, select a data collection method and briefly explain its strengths and limitations. Then, identify a potential ethical issue with this method and describe a strategy to address it. Last, explain the relationship between measurement reliability and measurement validity using an example from your discipline.

Self-Regulation of Learning

Use published human and animal research and behaviorist, social cognitive, information processing and constructivist theory to develop an outline of a research proposal to measure self-regulation in one of the following fields:

· Environmental or evolutionary psychology

· Forensic psychology

· Health or sports psychology

· Industrial/organizational or engineering psychology

Select and complete one of the following assignments:

Option 1: Self-Regulation Presentation

Prepare this outline of a research proposal as a 10-minute Microsoft® PowerPoint® presentation with speaker notes as if your audience were members of a foundation grant screening committee.

Address the following in your presentation:

· A description of how you are proposing to measure self-regulation

· The operational definitions, limitations, assumptions, hypotheses, and data analysis plans

· The deficiencies a critic might identify in your statement of limitations and assumptions

Option 2: Self-Regulation Outline

Prepare a 3- to 5-page annotated or expanded outline for review by members of a foundation grant screening committee.

Address the following in your outline:

· A description of how you are proposing to measure self-regulation

· The operational definitions, limitations, assumptions, hypotheses, and data analysis plans

· The deficiencies a critic might identify in your statement of limitations and assumptions