Instruction
Strengths and Limitations of Research Designs and Methods
The assignment:TOPIC: EFFECT OF MULTI-AGENCY COOPERATION ON SAFEGUARDING CHILDREN (2 pages)
Briefly describe at least one research design and one methodology you could use for your research project.
Explain strengths and limitations of each. Be sure to include a description of reliability and validity issues that may arise and explain how you would attempt to prevent and/or minimize each.
Support your Application Assignment with specific references to all resources used in its preparation. You are asked to provide a reference list for all resources, including those in the Learning Resources for this course.
Readings
Course Text: Surviving Your Dissertation
Chapter 3, "Methods of Inquiry: Quantitative and Qualitative Approaches"
Course Text: Research Design
Chapter 8, "Quantitative Methods"
Chapter 9, "Qualitative Procedures"
Chapter 10, "Mixed Method Procedures"
Book Chapter: Tuckman, B. W. (1999). Constructing research designs. In Conducting educational research (5th ed., pp. 159196). Orlando, FL: Harcourt Brace College Publishers.
Tuckman, B. (1999). Conducting Educational Research, 5e. Copyright 1999 by Wadsworth Publishing. Used by permission.