“Do Alzheimer Disease Care takers who attend caregiver support groups at Stony Brook Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s better understand the disease process and symptoms?”

Research Question:

“Do Alzheimer Disease Care takers who attend caregiver support groups at Stony Brook Center of Excellence for Alzheimer’s better understand the disease process and symptoms?”

Key information to incorporated:

Qualitative exploratory study, non-probability technique, purposive sampling method, questionnaire, Likert scale, variable, small sample size of up to 20 participants.

• Study design and sampling methods (1 page)
• Data collection methods and measures (1 page)

-Relevance of design to research question.

-Clarity of design description

-Appropriateness of sampling approach to type (purpose) of research and research question

What is your study population and how are you going to be sampling in order to reach your final study sample? Why did you choose the sampling methods that you did? How/why are they appropriate for your study design?

-Degree of fit of methods and measures to the research question and type (purpose) of research

How you will distribute your measure, how you will collect your data, Describe your measure. How often you will be collecting data. How long your data collection should take each time? What is the total length of the study?

• Data analysis plan (1 page)
• Ethical consideration (.5 page)
• Justice implications (.5page)
• Create a questionnaire with 3-4 question (qualitative) in depth interviewing. What is purpose of the questionnaire? Brief introduction of survey. Designs opened questionnaire that is focused of the concepts making certain that your question clearly measure your variable. Determine how you will score your questions. Include clear answer guide. Generally, you provide a summed score (at the bottom of survey).

-Accuracy and appropriateness of fit of data analysis plan to

• research question, and (b) levels and types of data collected

-Thoughtful consideration of potential ethical issues pertaining to the evaluation

-Thoughtful consideration of potential justice issues of the evaluation or its implications

Tips on writing this paper: –

Set your paper in this method

-Research Design, Participants and Sampling, Data Collection and Measures

-Be certain to pay attention to writing quality, organization, grammar, spelling, and sentence structure.

-The project should show your application of social work knowledge and values, critical analysis, and thoughtful reflection.

-Your conclusion should in-cooperate everything discussed paying close attention the direction of the research question.

-Proper APA formatting for your citations, in-text and in the reference

-12-point Times New Roman font, 1-inch margins, and single spaced.

-Title of this paper is Program Evaluation Proposal

Text Essential Research Methods for Social Work of Rubin and Babbie Ch. 13 and 14 (Appendix B) covers the topic of evaluation proposal

-No need for new references. Use the one provided. (If you need more references, I will provide you)

Reminder: This is an evaluation study proposal. An evaluation study has a specific purpose and does not simply answer any type of research question.