lCooperative Learning Groups. Research Design Exercise

Cooperative Learning Groups
Research Design Exercise
This exercise is designed to help you choose a research design for your proposal. Use your cooperative learning group to help you settle on a final design. I don’t expect anyone to be able to answer all of these questions right now. However, finding the answers to these questions will help guide your final proposal. 
Instructions
Take 15–20 minutes and answer as many of the questions that follow as possible. You have answered some of these questions in the past; others will be new for you. Remember, it is okay for your research questions or design to change as you learn more about the feasibility of your evaluation. Questions you don’t feel comfortable with or are unsure about, leave blank and ask your cooperative learning group for help. 
1. What is your research question?
            What are the major effective measures to support mental health program?
2. What is the outcome you are studying or what are the variables you are studying if it is not an outcome study?Better effectiveness in implementing mental health care program for individuals in the community.  
3. Is this a qualitative or quantitative study? Does it have elements of both? Explain.This will be a Quantitative data in order to help one see the big picture of my research. 
4. Is it a formative or summative evaluation? Explain.  It will be a summative for me to be able to analyze my achievement in the end of my research. 
5. What is the design of your study? What are the strengths of this design? What are the limitations?           A case study design 
6. From whom will you collect data? Staff members /co-workers
7. Will you use a sample? If so what is your sampling strategy?
8. What method will you use to collect the data (survey, interviews, administrative or secondary data, etc.)? Convenience
9. Are there any ethical or IRB issues with your study?
After completing as many of these questions as possible, meet with your cooperative learning group. Each member of the group will present your research question(s) and summarize his or her design. Then, the presenting group member should share questions with which they are struggling. As a group, discuss next steps for the presenting member’s final research or evaluation proposal. We will discuss requirements for the final research proposal during next week’s session. In addition, provide the following feedback to each presenter:
1. If he or she has presented a design, identify one threat to the internal validity of the study (Remember, this does not mean you have to change your design, you just have to be aware of this limitation. All studies have limitations.).
2. Provide one suggestion for how you think the study can be improved or made more feasible.