M2 Written Assignment: Planning Research
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In this module, we have discussed some important considerations in sexuality research. Imagine that you were given the opportunity to be involved in a research project about any topic of your choosing in the field of sexuality. What would you want to study? How would you design your study? How would you make your study effective? Please incorporate all of the following points when constructing your essay:
• How would you word your research question(s)?
• Which perspective (behaviorism, social learning, evolutionary, etc.) would you employ and why?
• Would your study be experimental, correlational, or descriptive? Justify your choice. What features of your research project would allow it to fit with your chosen methodology?
• Would you want to do survey, observational, or case study research? Provide details about how you would conduct your study in your chosen manner. If applicable, would your study be longitudinal or cross-sectional? Justify your decisions.
• Who would you try to recruit for your study and why? How would this affect the generalizability of your study?
• Why do you think that your overall research design (considering items 2–5) would be the best way to answer your research question?
• What would some of the difficulties be if you were attempting to do this research in 1940 as opposed to today?
Your paper should be 5+ pages in length and use APA formatting.
Evaluation Criteria
Your written assignment is intended to test your understanding of important concepts and discover how to sharpen your intellectual skills of analysis, synthesis, evaluation, and application. The intent of the written assignment is to provide an opportunity to more fully describe, explain, and analyze the books and other sources.